On August 28, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Dinh province - said that it had reported to the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province about the illegal deforestation in the forest area bordering Canh Vinh commune (Van Canh district) and Nhon Tan commune (An Nhon town). ).
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Dinh province, on August 8, 2024, a working group consisting of forces participating in forest protection in Van Canh district and An Nhon town organized patrols of the bordering forest area in sub-zone 322 (Nhon Tan commune) and Sub-area 328 (Canh Vinh commune).
Through inspection, a group of about 7-8 people was discovered having lunch in a camp in Van Canh district. When they saw the Working Group, this group of people quickly fled. At the scene, illegal cutting of forest trees was discovered.
On August 9, 2024, the Working Group inspected the scene of destroyed natural forests and established a record of violations occurring in the above forest area, with a total violation area of 5.89 hectares.
In particular, in plot 4, sub-zone 328 (Canh Vinh commune), 2.89 hectares of poor evergreen broad-leaved natural forest, planned as a protective forest, managed by Canh Vinh commune, was destroyed. At plots 6 and 9, sub-zone 322 (Nhon Tan commune), 3 hectares of average evergreen broad-leaved natural forest managed by Nhon Tan commune were destroyed, of which 1.7 hectares was protective forest.
The working group found that the camp had signs of illegally opening a road in the forest; Temporarily confiscated 1 custom car, 3 custom motorbikes, 2 hand-held gasoline saws, 3 mobile phones and some documents related to the deforestation subjects left behind.
It was determined that the deforestation incident occurred in the forest area bordering Van Canh district and An Nhon town with a large area and complex nature, requiring close coordination between the two local authorities. Therefore, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Dinh province requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct the two localities to have the Police and District Procuracy coordinate with the forest rangers to investigate and handle the case.
In response to the above suggestion, Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan assigned Van Canh district and An Nhon town to direct the local police force and procuracy to coordinate with the forest ranger force to investigate. At the same time, the Provincial Police and the Provincial People's Procuracy were assigned to direct relevant units to investigate and handle the case.
