Many localities across the country have been hit by serious forest fire cases, owning to the prolonged hot weather. It is predicted that the hot weather will continue in the next months, so Binh Duong’s functional agencies now boost anti-forest fire measures.
Currently, Binh Duong is home to more than 10,000 ha of forest land (including around 1,140 ha of natural forest), mostly in Phu Giao, Dau Tieng and Tan Uyen. Provincial Forest Management Department Deputy Head Vo Thanh Long said that province-based protective forest areas are at the high risk of fire. Therefore, provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has focused on instructing and taking anti-forest fire measures in the protective forest area of over 4,000 ha in Dau Tieng district’s Nui Cau mountain.
Before the prolonged hot weather, Phu Binh plantation in Phu Giao district has also instructed its staff to intensify anti-forest fire measures and education work among locals to heighten their vigilance against forest fire, said plantation director Nguyen Tan Binh. The plantation now controls and exploits more than 5,800 ha of forest…
Reported by Tam Thu-Translated by K.T












