Ta Cu Nature Reserve in Binh Thuan Province reported a deforestation case with an area of more than 4,900 square meters. However, through actual inspection, the deforestation area is up to nearly 20,000 sq.m.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Thuan Province, on November 24, said that from October 2020 to the present time, up to 116 people who are forest rangers and local forest protection forces have resigned.
Thousands of local people and visitors along with Cham people celebrated the Kate festival, the most important event of the Cham ethnic group, which was held at the Po Sah Inu tower in Phan Thiet City in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan on October 25.
The accused Luyen Xuan Trang, 49, a resident in Hung Yen Province, considered the leader of the largest petroleum smuggling ring in Binh Thuan Province, worth more than VND2.03 trillion, was given a 14-year jail sentence for smuggling.
Despite being considered a strategic project to effectively use the water resources of La Nga River for the development of the Southern region of Binh Thuan Province and the surrounding areas of Dong Nai and Ba Ria - Vung Tau provinces, the La Nga No.3 Water Reservoir project is currently unable to be deployed because it is at the same location as a hydropower project.
Binh Thuan Province has four active thermal power plants, with a total capacity of nearly 4,300MW, including Vinh Tan 1, Vinh Tan 2, Vinh Tan 4, and Vinh Tan 4 Expansion. Fly ash and slag discharged from the operation of these factories have already piled up as high as mountains. Binh Thuan Province has tried all measures to handle it, but they are going nowhere.
Recently, the export of dragon fruits of Binh Thuan Province through the Chinese market encountered many difficulties because the Northern border gates constantly closed and stopped customs clearance. Currently, dragon fruits are difficult to sell, although the selling price is extremely low, only from VND500-VND2,000 per kg.
The price of dragon fruits in Binh Thuan Province continued to fall drastically to around VND500-VND1,500 per kg. Dragon fruits have ripened, but no traders asked to buy them.
The Investigation Police Agency (IPA) under the Public Security Ministry yesterday investigated the workplaces and private houses of five suspects in the case of Tan Viet Phat 2 in Binh Thuan Province for more proofs. The five detained people are said to ‘violate regulations on management and use of the State assets, causing loss and waste’.
The price of dragon fruits in Binh Thuan Province has currently plunged to VND500-VND1,000 per kg. Many dragon fruit growers are empty-handed in the dragon fruit crop serving the 2022 Lunar New Year market.
After China announced to suspend the import of dragon fruits from Vietnam, the price of dragon fruits in Binh Thuan Province, which has the largest area and output of dragon fruit across the country, suddenly dropped steeply.
The office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, on the morning of August 3, informed the press that the Trade Promotion Agency in association with the Vietnamese Embassy in India and the Vietnamese Embassy in Pakistan would hold an online trade conference to introduce and promote the export market for Vietnamese dragon fruits to Indian and Pakistanis partners.
Authorities in the South -Central Province Binh Thuan have been developing a plan to help farmers to consume 440,000 tons of dragon fruit as the coronavirus epidemic has hit the fruit export.
According to an urgent order of the People’s Committee of Binh Thuan Province, all unnecessary entertainment services and activities with high risk of the Covid-19 pandemic spread like karaoke lounges, bars, discos, festivals, night markets, exhibitions, etc closed temporarily from May 3 until further notice.
After the price of dragon fruits for the Tet market plunged drastically, in the first days of the new year, it has unexpectedly hiked again, making farmers in Binh Thuan Province – the capital of dragon fruits - both happy and worry at the same time.
Binh Thuan Province is known as not only a place with strong development in tourism but also the largest area specializing in growing dragon fruit across the country. For years, the idea of the model of community tourism attaching with dragon fruit production has been kindled. By the end of last year, that model has been realized by the Tourism Promotion Information Center of Binh Thuan Province in association with the People’s Committee of Ham My Commune.
After reaching the record high of VND30,000 a kilogram, dragon fruit price has abruptly plunged for the last three days in the south-central province of Binh Thuan, the largest dragon fruit producer of Vietnam.
