Under a pitch-black night sky, a group of Vietnamese farmers planted rice this week in a paddy field on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi using head lamps to illuminate the water-logged ground in front of them. A farmer plants rice on a paddy field during early morning to avoid the heat in Hanoi, Vietnam June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kham The farmers of the Tam Thanh commune say they have been forced to work at night in the fields to avoid searing temperatures that they say have got worse over the years. “Temperature are rising one or two degrees (Celsius) every year,” said Le Van Ha, 40, who blames the felling of trees in the area for making temperatures more extreme. Ha, who doesn’t want his children to follow his path into agriculture, said he now gets up at 2 a.m. to avoid having to cope with […]