Thread by @LunaOi_VN

Since there's SO MUCH CONFUSION, this shows the size of one 500m2 Vietnamese rice plot. In my village they are typically 5m x 100m (~15ft x 300ft). It takes about 1-2 days/year for one person to cultivate one. These plots are available universally to all Vietnamese for free.

This land is collectively owned by the people of Vietnam, so what I actually "own" are the rights to farm the land. My family owns this land collectively and farms it collectively with the village.

Here are the laws governing these free farming rights!

https://twitter.com/ximuoicay/status/1458643308645806085

As you can see, we HAVE to work collectively because of the nature of irrigation. It is extremely common for young people to go to cities to study, work, etc., while families back home cultivate the family land, and we all support each other. The system is simple and efficient!

In my entire life, I've never heard of any Vietnamese person complain about this system. There are ~77 billion square meters of rice paddies in Vietnam, which is enough for 154 million Vietnamese people to each own a plot like mine. There are only 97 million Vietnamese people.

So, there is no shortage of land. But there is a shortage of farmers! So we are actively trying to get more people to farm. It's not like we're all fighting over this land! On the contrary, the government is trying to persuade MORE folks to take farmland!

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