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TIỀN GIANG — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang will plant 250ha of new protection forests in coastal areas from 2021 to 2025, twice the amount of the 2015-20 period, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. … [Read more...] about Tiền Giang to plant more coastal protection forests

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang will plant 250ha of new protection forests in coastal areas from 2021 to 2025, twice the amount of the 2015-20 period, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. … [Read more...] about Tiền Giang to plant more coastal protection forests

Ninh Thuan (VNS/VNA) - The cultivation of Java olive trees in vacant lands, bare hills and mountains in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan is fetching farmers high incomes from harvesting their sap and has increased the forest cover. The tree sap is used as a beverage since it is high in nutritional value, and is also used in the cosmetics and food processing industries. Nguyen Thanh is among the farmers who have planted Java olive trees in mountainous fields in Ninh Phuoc district’s Phuoc Dan commune, and earns a good income from their sap. In 2010, with the support of the Thuan Nam District Protective Forest management, he planted 6,000 trees on his 2.5ha field, and began to tap the sap five years later. He harvests two to three times a year, and earning 60 million VND (2,600 USD) each time, he said.  Java olive trees grow easier than many others, require less tending and offer high incomes, he said.    Farmers can also use the leaves of the … [Read more...] about Java olive trees offer Ninh Thuan farmers high incomes, increase forest cover

NINH THUẬN — The cultivation of Java olive trees in vacant lands, bare hills and mountains in the sout-central province of Ninh Thuận is fetching farmers high incomes from harvesting their sap and has increased the forest cover. … [Read more...] about Java olive trees offer Ninh Thuận farmers high incomes, increase forest cover

A cottage belonging to a local man in the middle of wetlands in Huong Tra Town. The wetlands are a popular site for day trippers. — VNS Photo Ho Cau  On the Thuan An Estuary, only five hectares of chá (a mangrove family) have been saved as a natural bank to protect Huong Tra from storms and floods, as well as salt intrusion. … [Read more...] about Ru Cha offers wetland wonderland for visitors