People in Ky Van commune collect acacia trees broken by storm Bualoi - Photo: LE MINH
The storm destroyed the acacia hills.
From National Highway 1, the asphalt road stretches over the hills to Ky Tay Commune (now Ky Van Commune, Ha Tinh ) with a length of more than ten kilometers. On the hills along both sides of the road, people plant acacia trees, turning the bare hills into a green cover.
However, for the past 3 days, those acacia hills have become desolate due to the destruction of storm Bualoi. Acacia trees were broken in half, uprooted, and lying scattered on the hillsides, causing great damage to local acacia growers.
Mr. Chinh's family's acacia hill was devastated by the storm.
Early in the morning of October 2, Mr. Tran Van Chinh (35 years old, living in Dong Xuan village, Ky Van commune) went to his family's 4-hectare acacia hill, selected large broken acacia trees and cut them into short pieces, gathering them along the roadside, hoping that traders would come and buy them.
Mr. Chinh's family planted the 4-hectare acacia hill in 2022. The acacia is now 3 years old. According to the plan, the acacia will be old enough to be harvested by the end of 2026. However, consecutive storms suddenly hit, causing the mature acacia trees to be unable to stand.
“Storm No. 5, which hit at the end of August, only damaged a small area of acacia trees. Now, storm No. 10 has come in, and the winds are so strong that the acacia hills have completely collapsed. This batch of acacia trees is still young and will be forced down in price by traders, so even if we harvest them, we won’t be able to salvage much,” said Mr. Chinh.
People said that because the broken acacia is not yet old enough to be exploited, the price that traders buy is quite cheap.
Looking for support to plant new acacia crop
Mr. Chinh said the cost of planting one hectare of acacia ranges from 20-25 million VND including seedlings and labor costs; after 5-6 years, the acacia is old enough to be exploited, the average income is from 80-100 million VND/ha.
“The storm wiped out the entire acacia hill, so I had to clean it up to plant a new crop of acacia because the acacia was not old enough and had low value. If I was lucky enough to harvest this crop, I would have enough money to invest, but all the efforts of the past few years were considered a total loss,” said Mr. Chinh.
According to Mr. Chinh, not only his family but most of the acacia growing households in the village suffered damage due to storm Bualoi. Households with heavy damage had their acacia hills completely collapsed, while households with light damage had at least 50% of their area affected.
Seeing the acacia hills devastated by the storm makes acacia growers feel heartbroken.
Ms. Dang Thi Thuy (62 years old, living in Dong Xuan village) said that after storm Bualoi, the local government went to record the area of acacia trees that were damaged. People really want to have a support policy to buy seedlings to plant a new crop of acacia trees.
“It is very heartbreaking to see the acacia hills that are about to be harvested being broken in half by storms like this. But how can we prevent natural disasters? The whole village here has suffered widespread damage. We just hope there will be policies to support us to some extent so that we can have capital to make a living,” said Ms. Thuy.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/doi-keo-xanh-bat-ngan-nay-xac-xo-gay-ngang-than-vi-bao-bualoi-2025100209400222.htm
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