Planting 62 thousand trees in 3 months to help reduce natural disaster damage

In 2025, numerous storms and tropical depressions affected almost all three regions of Vietnam.

Storms Kajiki, Ragasa, Bualoi, Matmo and Kalmaegi moved quickly, with strong intensity, and irregularly when they landed in the Central region at the beginning of the season and still entered the North in the last months of the year.

Extreme heavy rains and historic floods on 13 rivers in the North and Central regions caused serious flooding. Many areas suffered from all natural disasters in a short period of time, leading to flash floods and landslides, causing huge economic losses.

Along with the strong impact of climate change, the decline in the quality of vegetation cover is one of the reasons why storms and floods cause more catastrophic consequences with floods and landslides everywhere.

To mitigate and adapt to climate change, the world is urgently taking action to reduce emissions and protect forests towards the goal of keeping global temperature rise below 1.5°C. In Vietnam, all localities are urgently implementing the Project to plant 1 billion trees in the 2021-2025 period.

In the last three months of 2025, many organizations and individuals partnered with Gaia to plant trees across Vietnam. Source: Gaia.

In an effort to implement forest planting activities across Vietnam, in the last 3 months of 2025, more than 300 individuals and 11 businesses accompanied Gaia Nature Conservation Center to plant nearly 62,000 trees in 5 upstream forests across Vietnam.

With the reforestation campaign from now until the end of the year, trees have been and will be planted in: Cuc Phuong National Park (formerly Ninh Binh), Xuan Lien National Park (Thanh Hoa), Phong Dien Nature Reserve (Hue), Ta Kou Nature Reserve (formerly Binh Thuan ), U Minh Ha National Park and the De Bien Tay Coastal Protection Forest (Ca Mau), and Mua Xuan Farm (formerly Hau Giang).

Last November, Gaia implemented a reforestation project along the Western Seawall, contributing to the maintenance and preservation of the mangrove forest belt, mitigating the impacts of storms, waves causing erosion, and climate change. This will also serve as a breeding ground for marine life, stabilizing and improving the productivity of aquaculture and fisheries. Simultaneously, it will contribute to ensuring sustainable livelihoods for local people and open up opportunities for ecotourism development.

In November 2025, Gaia will begin planting forests along the Western Seawall to help mitigate the impacts of storms, erosion caused by waves, and climate change. Source: Gaia.

Ms. Do Thi Thanh Huyen, Director of the Gaia Center, shared: “Forests help rainwater seep into the ground slowly and therefore limit surface runoff, reducing risk Floods. Tree roots create a strong net that holds the soil in place during rain, reducing the likelihood of landslides. In areas without forests, the risk of flooding and landslides is much higher. Reforestation is a long-term and sustainable solution to protect all of Vietnam from natural disasters, storms, and floods. Forests also bring many great benefits to people and the environment, such as benefits from the carbon market, biodiversity, tourism development, and the economy under the forest canopy... Therefore, reforestation brings long-term benefits to the entire community, creating a future where people live in harmony with nature.”

In the coming time, Gaia will conduct acceptance inspections of forests in Dong Nai Cultural Nature Reserve, Cuc Phuong National Park, Xuan Lien Nature Reserve, and Ben En National Park after 4 years of care and supervision.

Source: https://baophapluat.vn/trong-62-nghin-cay-rung-trong-3-thang-de-gop-phan-giam-thiet-hai-thien-tai.html