How many rice seasons are there in Vietnam?

Okay, so the question is: How many rice seasons do they have in Vietnam? Well, let me tell you, it’s not just one!

Vietnam actually has three distinct rice seasons. Crazy, right? They call them:

• Dong-Xuan: which basically means Winter-Spring. Makes sense, huh?
• He-Thu: That’s Summer-Autumn. Easy to remember!
• Mua: This one’s simply the Monsoon season. Gotta love a straightforward name.

Now, here’s something I found interesting… Apparently, the Dong-Xuan and He-Thu crops are getting bigger and bigger these days. But the Mua crop? It’s actually shrinking, especially down in the Mekong Delta. I wonder why that is? Could it be related to changes in the weather patterns? Or maybe something else entirely? It is kind of sad to think about, you know, how things are changing.