Gia Lai: Many sugarcane fires occurred in the Eastern region

Since the beginning of March, sugarcane fires have occurred continuously in the eastern localities of Gia Lai province. Nearly 15 hectares of more than 10 households in Kbang district and An Khe town during the harvest period were burned down by the fire. Continue to educate cadres, party members, and people about patriotism and revolutionary traditions about the great contributions of previous generations to the revolutionary cause of liberating Binh Phuoc homeland; Introducing the achievements of the Party Committee, government, army and people of Binh Phuoc, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Binh Phuoc province organized activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation Day of Binh Phuoc province, March 23, 1975 - March 23, 2025. At the meeting with the Coordination Office of the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period (abbreviated as National Target Program 1719) and related units (March 14), Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Dao Ngoc Dung emphasized the need to clearly identify the difficulties, obstacles and limitations in implementing National Target Program 1719 in the past time, in order to have more orientation, vision and drastic actions in the coming period, with the spirit of "for the people". "The world has many beautiful and very beautiful waterfalls. I chose to create Ban Gioc waterfall in the South because, in the border province Cao Bang has Ban Gioc waterfall, the natural scenery there is beautiful, it is a place of solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and China. I want to send my ideas to educate my children and grandchildren, serving tourists who do not have the opportunity to visit Cao Bang...", Mr. Pham Viet De shared the initiative to dig rocks to simulate the "A glimpse of Ban Gioc waterfall" project in the South. The ceremony of praying for peace and blessings is a folk activity closely associated with the Tay community in the northern mountainous region. The ceremony is held at the end of January and the beginning of February of the lunar calendar every year. This is an opportunity for people to gather and exchange, showing respect to gods and ancestors, expressing their pure wishes for a happy, peaceful, and prosperous life. The Politburo has just agreed to the policy of not disciplining party members who have a third child or more; exempting all tuition fees for students from preschool to high school in public schools nationwide. Experts assess that the above policies are in line with reality, contributing to promoting the replacement birth rate nationwide because one of the biggest barriers that makes many families afraid to have children today is financial pressure, especially in large cities where the cost of raising children is very high. From the beginning of March until now, in the eastern localities of Gia Lai province, there have been consecutive sugarcane fires. Nearly 15 hectares of more than 10 households in Kbang district and An Khe town during the harvest period were burned down by the fire. Continue to educate patriotism and revolutionary traditions for cadres, party members, and people about the great contributions of previous generations to the revolutionary cause of liberating the homeland of Binh Phuoc; Introducing the achievements of the Party Committee, government, army and people of Binh Phuoc, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Binh Phuoc province organized activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation Day of Binh Phuoc province, March 23, 1975 - March 23, 2025. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. This afternoon's news, March 14, has the following notable information: Continuing to honor Vietnamese coffee. The soul of the sea on the face of people. The golden seeds of the Nung people. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. On the afternoon of March 14, Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee coordinated with the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to organize the event "Meeting 2025: Lao Cai - Center for connecting trade between Vietnam/ASEAN and the Southwest region of China". Attending the event were Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; leaders of a number of central ministries and branches; Leaders of VCCI, Leaders of provinces in the Northern Midlands and Mountains; representatives of embassies, commercial counselors of several countries, international organizations, major domestic and foreign investors. Following National Highway 24 Quang Ngai - Kon Tum, we visited Ba To mountainous district (Quang Ngai) on an early March morning. The warm spring sunshine stretched across the newly upgraded and spacious road. On both sides of the road, acacia nurseries were in the season of grafting and growing seedlings. Local people in the district were excitedly celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Ba To Uprising (March 11, 1945 - March 11, 2025). Buon Don dipterocarp forest (Dak Lak) is a rich treasure trove of resources, especially rich in precious medicinal herbs. In the spring, when the first rains fall, the Ede and M'nong people go into the forest to pick "forest gifts" - precious mushrooms, flowers and medicinal plants. This is not only a source of food and medicinal herbs but also a long-standing cultural feature of the local community. On the afternoon of March 14, the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Ninh Thuan province held a ceremony to announce the retirement decision and the appointment decision of department-level leaders of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions. Ms. Pi Nang Thi Hon, Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Ninh Thuan province attended and chaired the ceremony to announce the decision. Speaking at the ceremony to announce the Prime Minister's decision to recognize Phu Quoc City as a class 1 urban area under Kien Giang province, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested to study and develop Phu Quoc to become a "coastal city, a center of tourism, resorts and high-class, unique services". In particular, focusing on developing space towards the sea, forming international-class trade, service and tourism centers to exploit the advantages of the sea, islands, etc.

Specifically, at around 10:00 a.m. on March 12, people discovered a sugarcane fire at the Cay Ke production area in Tu Thuy 1 and Tu Thuy 2 villages (Tu An commune, An Khe town), shouted and reported it to the local authorities.

Upon receiving the information, the Commune People's Committee mobilized the militia, Commune Police, security forces at the grassroots level, youth union members, people harvesting sugarcane in the production area along with households, using water pumps to put out the fire; using tractors to create firebreaks, preventing the fire from spreading to other areas.

Nearly 7 hectares of sugarcane of farmers in Nghia An commune, Kbang district were burned down by fire.

By 11:50 a.m. the same day, the fire was controlled and extinguished. According to preliminary statistics, the burnt sugarcane area was about 6.8 hectares of 5 adjacent households. All the burnt sugarcane areas were ready for harvest. The estimated damage was about 34 million VND.

Earlier, on the afternoon of March 6, a sugarcane fire broke out in the production area of ​​Hamlet 3, Nghia An Commune, Kbang District. Immediately after receiving the information, the Commune People's Committee mobilized forces along with local households, using water pumps from production households in the area to pump water to put out the fire.

By about 4 p.m. the same day, the fire was extinguished. According to preliminary statistics, the burnt sugarcane area was about 6.7 hectares of 7 adjacent households. All the burnt sugarcane areas were ready for harvest.

Immediately after the fire, local authorities instructed affected households to proactively contact sugarcane dealers to quickly harvest the burnt sugarcane to reduce damage; at the same time, continue to coordinate to investigate the cause of the fire.

Gia Lai farmers are entering the peak sugarcane harvest season of the 2024-2025 crop year, which is also a time of prolonged hot weather and drought, with a high risk of sugarcane fires. Currently, An Khe Sugar Factory, together with localities and sugarcane growers, are actively implementing solutions to prevent sugarcane fires during the peak hot weather period.

Gia Lai: Risk of forest fires is very high in many localities

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