According to Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, a series of trees on the road leading to the tomb of the late General Secretary Ha Huy Tap, which were planted in early 2024, have dried up and been uprooted.
The 300 tamarind trees on this route have died, creating an ugly, shabby space. To be honest, it is worse than having no trees at all.
But no one could handle it. The Chairman of Cam Hung Commune People's Committee also said that because the project had not been handed over, the locality could not proactively plant replacement trees, even though they knew that such a large number of dead trees was offensive because the tree planting project was ineffective.
The company that won the bid to plant trees on this route is An Nguyen Green Tree Company Limited, which is being investigated by the Ministry of Public Security regarding its involvement in tree projects in many provinces and cities across the country. Therefore, it is not yet known when this company will be called upon to perform a "warranty" or replant new trees.
The 4 billion VND project to plant trees is at risk of drying up with the trees.
The story of trees falling down due to storms or droughts is outdated. With today's tree planting technology, if done correctly and maintained according to the right procedures, it is difficult for trees to die. Even if the trees die, they must be replaced promptly, not leaving the whole road full of withered trees as mentioned above.
The vivid and new evidence is that many trees that were broken by the storm in Hanoi are still in their original pots. Regarding this incident, answering questions from the press at the press conference on the socio-economic situation in the third quarter of 2024 held on October 3, a representative of the Hanoi Department of Construction said that after checking, among the urban trees that were broken after storm No. 3, there were 12 trees with their pots still intact. Of these, 7 trees were wrapped in non-degradable materials, 5 trees were wrapped in cement bags.
But, the funny thing is, until now, we don't know who is the investor of this tree planting project. The representative of the Department of Construction honestly said: "In 2014, the Department of Construction checked once. With these 12 trees, we continue to search for the investor so that the investor can ask the contractor to fulfill its responsibilities."
Spending money on tree planting projects is not small and too easy, but taking care of the trees to grow and flourish is too difficult.
There have been many billion-dollar tree planting projects that were ineffective and a huge waste.
