U Minh Thuong National Park suspends service activities from April 10

U Minh Thuong National Park announced a temporary suspension of recreational fishing activities in the special-use forest from April 10 to prevent forest fires. Photo: Trung Chanh.

Mr. Hoang Van Tuan, Director of U Minh Thuong National Park (Kien Giang province) said that he has signed an official dispatch to temporarily suspend tourism activities, sightseeing experiences and recreational fishing in the special-use forest of U Minh Thuong National Park to serve the work of forest fire prevention and fighting.

The suspension of activities will begin from April 10 until the end of the dry season in 2025. At the same time, the Center for Ecotourism, Environmental Education, Rescue and Development of U Minh Thuong National Park will be assigned to widely notify visitors to be aware and proactive.

According to Mr. Tuan, U Minh Thuong National Park is currently in the peak months of the dry season. Since the beginning of April 2025, the hot weather has lasted for a long time and increased compared to the previous month, the special-use forests have begun to dry up, so there is a very high risk of forest fires (level III). At the same time, on the dykes and traffic routes in the special-use forests of U Minh Thuong National Park, there are many flammable materials and are at a dangerous level (level IV), which will continue to increase in the coming time. Therefore, U Minh Thuong National Park will close and temporarily suspend service activities to ensure forest fire prevention and control in the dry season of 2025.

The amount of water reserved for forest fire prevention and control in U Minh Thuong National Park is decreasing rapidly, with an average evaporation rate of 0.75 cm/day, and many places have been depleted, lower than the forest surface. Photo: Trung Chanh.

U Minh Thuong National Park is located in An Minh Bac and Minh Thuan communes, U Minh Thuong district, with a total natural area of ​​nearly 8,510 hectares, of which 8,038 hectares are special-use forests and the rest are protective forests. Currently, the amount of water reserved for forest fire prevention and control is decreasing rapidly, with an average evaporation rate of 0.75 cm/day.

As of mid-March 2025, the water level in all subdivisions of the park is 10-40cm lower than the forest surface. It is forecasted that by May 2025, the entire forest area in U Minh Thuong National Park may be at level IV, level V, dangerous and extremely dangerous forest fire warning levels.

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