Launching ceremony in response to the program of planting 1 billion trees 'For a green Vietnam'

Scene of the launching ceremony. Photo: Mai Hoa

Attending the ceremony were comrades Nguyen Quang Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association; Colonel Tran Dang Khoa - Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard; Trinh Van Nha - Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee.

This is an activity implemented under the coordination program between the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union and the Border Guard Command, on "Mobilizing farmers of ethnic groups in border, coastal and island areas to promote production to develop the economy, culture and society, associated with the task of protecting the sovereignty and security of the Fatherland's borders".

Delegates attending the launching ceremony. Photo: Mai Hoa

Based on the coordination with the Nghe An Province Macadamia Association to survey and evaluate the soil and climate, the Provincial Farmers' Association and the Provincial Border Guard Command have decided to bringmacadamia treeplanted in Ngoc Lam commune.

In addition to Ngoc Lam commune, the macadamia tree planting project is also being implemented at Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station (Thanh Chuong district) and Phuc Son Border Guard Station (Anh Son district).

Comrade Nguyen Quang Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Mai Hoa

Speaking at the launching ceremony, comrade Nguyen Quang Tung - Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association affirmed: The implementation of the macadamia tree planting project in Ngoc Lam commune is to respond to the program.plant 1 billion treesLaunched by the Prime Minister, contributing to creating green color, forest cover, creating a sustainable ecological environment, and combating climate change.

This project also has the significance of pioneering the introduction of high economic value tree varieties that have been successfully grown in the Central Highlands and Northwest provinces to Nghe An province in general and Thanh Chuong district in particular.

Colonel Tran Dang Khoa - Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard gave a speech assigning tasks to officers and soldiers of Ngoc Lam Border Guard Station to take care of, manage and ensure the macadamia trees grow well. Photo: Mai Hoa

The macadamia tree planting project undertaken by Ngoc Lam Border Guard Station will open up a direction for high-value commodity crops to be popularized and expanded for border residents in general and ethnic minorities in Thanh Chuong in particular to plant, contributing to sustainable economic development.

The Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association also hopes that officers and soldiers of Ngoc Lam Border Guard Station will continue to propagate and mobilize local people to actively plant trees and especially propagate and mobilize people to plant macadamia trees when this project is evaluated as effective.

After the launching ceremony, officers and soldiers of the Border Guard Station and officers of the Provincial Farmers' Association, Thanh Chuong District, and Ngoc Lam Commune organized the planting of 300 macadamia trees.

Officers and soldiers of Ngoc Lam Border Guard Station move trees to the forest to plant. Photo: Mai Hoa

Leaders of the Provincial Farmers' Association, the Provincial Border Guard Command, and Thanh Chuong district directly planted the first macadamia tree in Ngoc Lam commune. Photo: Mai Hoa