• A vast range of rural land, water and air resources have been heavily degraded by over-use, erosion, flooding, polluting agro-industries, poor sewerage, chemical waste water, pestic[r]
(1)ESSAY
RURAL LIFE, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.
(2)(3)The economy of rural life
In Vietnam three quarters of its land is used for farming and about 80% of
Vietnamese people live in the rural areas Two thirds of the workforce work in agriculture
Conditions in rural areas are tough and farmers need to work long
hours, and the children must work after or
before school to earn money for the family At harvest time the children must help at home and not go to school
(4)(5)Material conditions in rural
• Houses in the rural areas of the South where it is warm are built of wood, and in the North where it is colder, they are built out of stone
• Houses in the countryside are built of wood with
(6)(7)• Each house usually has two rooms, a small
garden where crops are grown for the family to eat and sell, a few chickens, a pig or two as
well as a water buffalo or oxen which is kept in an area beside the house
• Every village has a market where people can buy rice, vegetables, fruit and seafood
• The tall single fronted houses common in big cities are now being built in the rural areas
Some farmers are selling their land to
(8)(9)(10)(11)Transport in rural
• A few people in rural had trucks Many families ride a motorbike or travel by bicycle In rural areas many people walk long distances, or use oxen carts to
(12)(13)(14)Education in rural
• The children that live in rural areas go to school
from 7:30am to 11:30am or in the afternoon they start at 1:00pm and go to 5.00pm
• In primary school they learn how to read, write and maths
• In High School they learn about history,
mathematics ,biology, science and chemistry
• Not all children in rural areas go to school because they are needed to help their family on the farm
(15)(16)(17)Environmental Rural
• In Vietnam, rural areas are home to more than 70% of the population and natural resources have been
heavily polluted by rapid economic growth These include mounting population growth, lost farm land, serious poverty particularly in remote mountainous areas, and polluted working and living environments
• A vast range of rural land, water and air resources have been heavily degraded by over-use, erosion, flooding, polluting agro-industries, poor sewerage, chemical waste water, pesticides and fertilizer, land use planning, in-migration, and inappropriate
(18)chemical
(19)(20)• Apart from the apparent degradation on forest and farm lands, the pollution from agro-industries in craft villages and small industrial farms is a feature of rural life
• The production of pottery, bricks, wine, food processing, carpets and metal castings produces
(21)THANK YOU TECHER AND YOU WERE LISTENED!