(Baonghean.vn)- It is the season of harvesting bamboo, Bu Kem He wharf on Hua Na hydroelectric reservoir is bustling with bamboo trading activities.Children of ethnic groups in Dong Van commune, Que Phong district have a significant additional source of income.
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| The main wharf, also known as Bu Kem He on Hua Na hydroelectric lake, is bustling with buying and selling. Merchants drive trucks down to the wharf to collect goods. |
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| Iron boats loaded with bamboo from the upper Chu River to the wharf. |
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| On the Hua Na hydroelectric reservoir, there are more than 20 iron boats. During the fishing season, the boat owners buy the bamboo from the people at a price of 1.1 million VND/ton, transport it to the wharf and sell it to other traders. After that, the bamboo is transported to Vinh or to companies producing toothpicks, incense sticks, chopsticks, and rattan and bamboo weaving for export. |
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| Support to carry bundles weighing over 50 kg on the shoulder. |
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| Every day, Mr. Lo Van Tam in Dong Van commune loads fish from boats to cars and earns 300 - 400 thousand VND. |
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| Trucks came to the place to collect, each truck carried 40 - 45 tons of wood. Young people in Dong Van commune loaded the truck full for 3 million VND, 10 young people loaded 2 trucks full of wood a day. |
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| Mr. Lo Van Tien - Director of Dong Tien Agricultural - Forestry - Fishery Service Cooperative, Dong Van commune said: Dong Van has about 2 thousand hectares of upstream forest with the proportion of linden trees accounting for 60 - 70%. From 1 hectare of linden forest, people harvest 60 - 70 tons of linden/year. Recently, OXFAM has invested in fertilizers and trained people in linden forest care in 4 villages in the commune: Pu Duoc, Pu Khoong, Khun Na and Muong Hinh, to protect and develop linden forests. |
Xuan Hoang
