Ms. La Thi Bich Ha in village 19/5, Dinh Son commune picks up fallen guava. Photo: Thai Hien

Coming to the guava garden of Ms. La Thi Bich Ha's family in village 19/5, Dinh Son commune, we could not help but feel sorry. More than 4 sao of guava planted for 3 years by the family was in the harvest period and was almost completely lost, guavas fell all over the garden. Ms. Ha said: In the past few days, the rain and floods have flooded the entire guava garden of nearly 200 trees of the family up to 2/3 of the trees. After 5 days of being submerged in water, the entire guava garden began to wilt, the fruit fell all over the garden and rotted. The previously fallen fruit was swept away by the flood water and piled up in the ditch, but the amount of guava collected in the garden in the past 2 days has reached 400 kg, the damage is calculated at nearly 15 million VND.

Fallen guava piled up. Photo: Thai Hien

After the flood, not only did guava trees fall, but many orange areas that were in the preparation period for harvest also fell en masse, causing farmers to worry. Walking along the orange gardens that will be harvested in early September in village 19/5, village 323, Dinh Son commune, fallen oranges lay scattered.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue's family in village 19/5 planted 500 Van Du orange trees on an area of ​​nearly 1 hectare. According to Ms. Hue, orange trees take about 4 years to bear fruit. In addition to initial costs such as land preparation and seeds, her family has to invest about 50 million VND/year for care.

However, just in the past 3 days of flooding, oranges fell all over the place, had to be picked up and dumped, nearly 200kg, and now they continue to fall a lot.

After the flood, not only did guava trees fall, but many orange areas that were in the process of being prepared for harvest also fell en masse. Photo: Thai Hien

Dinh Son Commune is the locality with the largest fruit growing area in Anh Son district. Currently, the whole commune has 70 hectares of fruit trees, mainly oranges, tangerines, and guavas. Mr. Dinh Viet Hanh - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Dinh Son Commune said: During the recent flood, 32 hectares of fruit trees were flooded in the commune, these trees are about to be harvested so the damage is very heavy. Currently, along with the actual inspection, the commune has compiled a report to the superiors to have a support plan to reduce damage for farmers.