After Typhoon Yagi, the greatest loss to the heritages in the province was probably the green tree system. Many of these not only create beautiful landscapes but also contain special values associated with relics and scenic spots. Along with natural recovery, many localities and units have had solutions to gradually restore the green landscape of heritages...
Ha Long Bay with the goal of "Flower Bay"
Implementing the project "Ha Long - City of Flowers", and at the same time planting additional trees, aiming to gradually restore the vegetation ecosystem on limestone mountains affected by storm No. 3 (Yagi), from the end of December 2024, Ha Long Bay Management Board has planted 200 cotton trees and 100 pearl trees at tourist attractions in Ha Long Bay, such as: Hang So and Me Cung areas... To ensure the effectiveness of the planting, the unit has directed the departments and conservation centers under its management based on actual terrain conditions to arrange suitable planting locations, manage and protect the trees after planting, and at the same time evaluate the growth status of the trees after 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 9 months in the first year of planting.
Through information from the unit, it is shown that currently, at tourist attractions on the islands in the heritage area, the Ha Long Bay Management Board has planted a number of native plants with beautiful flowers, some ornamental plants to create landscape for the area, such as cottonwood, flower tiles, bougainvillea... Basically, the plants are growing well, creating beautiful landscape for the tourist attractions.
However, due to the terrain characteristics of Ha Long Bay, which is mainly limestone mountains, a part of the hills with poor soil and saline soil, in order to implement the "Flower Bay" model according to the tasks of the Project "Ha Long - City of Flowers", in the coming time, Ha Long Bay Management Board will preside over and coordinate with organizations and individuals with socio-economic activities on the bay to continue to maintain and care for the above-mentioned plants.
At the same time, plant new species of trees and flowers that are native and endemic to Ha Long Bay or species of trees that are naturally distributed outside the appropriate area at Ben Doan working port and new tourist attractions on the bay. Plant additional trees and replace weak and damaged trees with native species of trees and flowers with high aesthetic value at tourist attractions on Ha Long Bay. The implementation period is from 2024-2030.
Accordingly, most recently in early February, the unit launched the Tree Planting Festival to forever remember Uncle Ho, with a plan to plant nearly 800 trees to create landscapes, native and endemic trees of Ha Long, such as: Lat hoa, ban, co, Ha Long cycad, trai ly, bong moc, Ha Long ivy, spotted orchid... The trees are planted at tourist attractions, limestone island areas to ensure growing conditions.
With a large area and thousands of limestone islands, the restoration of the natural green system on the islands after the storm will mainly rely on natural recovery. However, the time after the storm is still mainly the dry season, with little spring rainfall, so many rocky islands in the bay are still quite barren... With the above tree planting activities, it will contribute to greening the tourist attractions, adding beauty to the heritage when welcoming visitors.
Spring tree planting at monuments
Not only are the green trees on the rocky mountains of Ha Long Bay waiting for the rainy season, but the image of trees pruned after Typhoon Yagi is still bare and unable to grow lush and green again, quite common in many relics in the province. For example, in Yen Tu, at the foot of Yen Tu mountain, the green tree system planted by enterprises has not been able to recover as green as before, while on the mountain, Tung road is also sparse, revealing large gaps when 3 "old Tung" trees were broken after the storm. The beauty of the famous Tung road in the past was therefore also significantly affected...
Mr. Le Tien Dung, Head of the Management Board of Yen Tu National Forest and Monuments, said: Trees also have the law of birth - aging - illness - death, a certain life cycle, the pine trees are hundreds of years old, so many of them are damaged by worms, rot... After the storm, many trees could not withstand and were uprooted and broken. We have had people cut and clean up after the storm. Restoring the beauty of the pine road with the tall ancient pine trees will take time. Previously, we had a "treatment" project to prolong the life of the pine trees, at the same time planting more pine trees for Yen Tu forest, interplanting young pine trees near the pine trees that were broken by pests, lightning strikes...
Recently, in 2024, Mr. Dung said that the unit also coordinated with Tung Lam Development Joint Stock Company to launch the planting of one thousand red pine trees in Yen Tu, some of which are 5-6m tall, some of which are 50cm tall... These trees were directly planted by the enterprise from socialized capital. The trees were planted between the old pine trees, scattered throughout Yen Tu forest, especially on pilgrimage routes, tower gardens and pagodas, from Giai Oan Pagoda to Bao Sai Pagoda, Van Tieu...
Located in the estuary area, the tree system at Bach Dang Historical Site was also severely affected by Typhoon Yagi. Mr. Pham Chien Thang, Head of the Bach Dang Historical Site Management Board, recalled: After the storm, the tree system of the site was severely damaged, many large trees fell, had their branches broken, and their tops broken. We invited tree care experts to assist and save many large trees, including uprooted banyan trees that had to be cut, dug holes, and rebuilt... The green lim garden was also rebuilt because hundreds of trees had their tops broken, and their tops torn... Along with replanting fallen trees and pruning broken branches, we also repaired the tree planting holes in the campus and renovated the yard. By this spring festival season, many trees had sprouted branches and green leaves, but it will take many more years to completely restore the beautiful tree system as before.
When spring comes, localities all organize tree planting festivals. For heritage sites in the province, this year's tree planting festival has a special meaning in contributing to restoring green to the relics after the impact of storm Yagi. Mr. Thang said that Quang Yen town has assigned the town's Youth Union to launch a tree planting campaign for Youth Month at Bach Dang relic site next March.
Earlier than Bach Dang, on February 15, the Tree Planting Festival was launched at the historical site of Ngoa Van (Dong Trieu). This program was coordinated by many units, including the Provincial Buddhist Sangha Executive Committee, the Department of Environmental Crime Prevention and Control, Dong Trieu City and the enterprise located in Ngoa Van, Ngoa Van - Yen Tu Cultural Tourism Joint Stock Company.
It is expected that the program will plant 1,500 Bodhi trees, Bauhinia flowers... on the pilgrimage route to Ngoa Van Pagoda; of which, the first phase will plant 500 trees. The tree care is committed to ensuring a high survival rate, thereby contributing to environmental protection, biodiversity protection, and preserving the natural landscape of Ngoa Van - the most important heritage site located in the Tran Dynasty National Special Relic Complex in Dong Trieu.
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