narrator: farmers like le van than still don't own land.y're given land-use certificates, guaranteeing a farmer's right to use the land. these rights are valid for at least 20 years. d fas op but now it's done on a commercial basis. when le van than needs a tractor, he hires o from his neighbor. in peak periods, he employs outside help. dueach village usually has a machine for husk removal. but often farmers decide to sell their grain to a larger mill that serves a wider area. here, too, policy has changed. once, all of these mills were government owned and run. now many, like this one, are in private hands. it's highly efficient; very little is wasted. grain dust is fed to pigs. these husks are used as fuel for cooking. the rice is moved to market in a number of ways. the mekong delta has a well-developed road system built by the french when they controlled the country and extended by americans during the vietnam war in the '60s and '70s. along with the use of road transport, half of the rice is transported by boat. vietnam has a vast netw