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※ This video is part of <Extreme Job - Vietnamese Shrimp Farming Part 1-2> broadcast on August 10, 2011, and may differ from the current situation. Black tiger shrimp is considered one of the most famous seafood in Vietnam, one of the world's top 5 seafood producing countries. This shrimp, which is called black tiger because it has grayish color and black stripes, is much more popular than other shrimps because of its excellent quality and taste. The place in Vietnam famous for shrimp farming is Can Tho in southern Vietnam. 88% of shrimp farms in Vietnam are located in the southern region centered around this place. Approximately 20,000 tons of shrimp, or over 100,000 shrimps, are farmed annually in these farms formed around the Mekong River and exported to 120 countries around the world. We introduce shrimp farming in the Mekong River area of Vietnam, where shrimp are raised using long-standing religious traditions. We follow the shrimp farming process in Vietnam, where endless efforts are repeated from the moment the shrimp hatch from the eggs to the time they are shipped from the factory. It takes about 4 to 5 months for shrimp to hatch and be shipped from a shrimp farm. During this period, people working at shrimp farms in Vietnam are prohibited from going outside. This is said to be due to their own traditional religious rituals. Not only are workers prohibited from going outside, but outsiders are also prohibited from entering the farm, and women are also absolutely prohibited from entering. This caused difficulties in filming. Although permission to film was already granted 4 to 5 months ago, the farm workers prohibited cameras from entering because they thought the laser from the camera would have a negative effect on the shrimp. However, since all of this is for the purpose of producing high-quality shrimp, everyone follows this rule without complaint. The efforts to raise high-quality shrimp do not stop here. Above all, it is important to create a clean farm environment in order to raise healthy shrimp. The first thing that is done at the farm after the shrimp are shipped is to clean the farm. The water in the farm is drained and the mud mixed with shrimp excrement and various dirty wastes is cleaned. The water and fertilizer removed from the farm at this time are used to cultivate nearby rice fields, and because of this, the cost of fertilizer for rice fields has decreased, so shrimp farms are popular with the farmers in the village. Cleaning the farm is done by three people in a team, with two people scraping off the dirty soil with a long, hard wooden board, and one person directing the direction so that the soil can be collected in a certain and regular direction. It takes two full days to finish cleaning one large farm. It is hard work, but it is an essential task for shrimp farming. There is no time to rest from morning to night while raising shrimp. You have to wake up early in the morning and prepare food for the shrimp before the workers even eat breakfast. You have to mix various vitamins and herbal medicines with the feed, put the food in a large basin, and feed it to the shrimp once every six hours, four times a day. Two hours pass quickly while doing this work. In order to have high-quality shrimp, the farm inspects the quality of the shrimp once a week. They visit each farm and check the size, weight, and condition of the shrimp. This is a very important task that cannot be missed because if this kind of inspection is not done regularly, the shrimp may die. Regular inspection of shrimp is also an important task that allows us to check the growth rate, and the weight per kilogram for each month is measured to determine the condition of the farm and the shrimp. Regular inspection of shrimp comes without fail. However, the atmosphere is not normal. In one farm, shrimp without beards and with impurities on their shells were found. In this case, the shrimp are sick or there is something wrong with the conditions of the farm.. Since there was a recent mass death at a nearby farm, we are even more worried. Will they be able to keep the shrimp in the farm safe? Regular inspection of shrimp comes once a week. However, shrimp without beards and with impurities on their shells were found. This means that all the shrimp in the farm may be at risk. Therefore, the workers inspect more shrimp in the farm... Fortunately, most of the shrimp are fine. It was a temporary situation because some shrimp grew slowly. The workers who were very nervous finally felt relieved and hurried to continue inspecting other farms. A different scene from usual is unfolding at the shrimp farm. Women are inside the farm. The reason is that the shrimp farming has ended and it is the day to ship the shrimp. The workers at the farm go into the farm and catch the shrimp with nets, and the women weigh them and put the appropriate amount in a basket and send them out. The amount shipped this way is about 2 tons per