On December 1, Lao Dong Newspaper reporter noted that there are still a few months left until Tet, but a series of dead peach trees of people in Toan Luu commune (Ha Tinh) have dried up and continue to wither and die. For those that did not die, they bloomed early.
Mr. Tran Huu (70 years old, residing in village 3, Toan Luu commune) said that he has been growing peach trees for 20 years, but this is the most difficult year due to the storm that caused many peach trees to dry up.
"Storm No. 5 tilted many peach trees, then my family rebuilt them and added more soil to the trees. However, storm No. 10 continued to collapse again. After the storm, I continued to rebuild the trees and take care of them, but many trees still died, Mr. Huu shared.
According to Mr. Huu, the couple's life depends on this peach garden, but this year their income is expected to be very low, and the care efforts are almost gone.
Opposite Mr. Huu's house, the peach garden of Ms. Ngo Thi Que's family (69 years old) has almost all died. When we arrived, Mrs. Que was away from home.
It is known that Mrs. Que lived alone, so when the storm hit, the peach garden was knocked down, but after the storm, due to poor health, she could not rebuild it to take care of it, leading to the peach garden almost dried up.
According to the reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper, many peach growing households here have peach trees that have died due to storms, causing great damage and losing most of their income.
Mr. Tran Ba Hoanh - Vice Chairman of Toan Luu Commune People's Committee - said that the whole commune has more than 600 households growing peach trees with an area of about 108 hectares.
However, this year, storm No. 5, storm No. 10 and the recent floods have caused severe damage to tens of thousands of people's ornamental peach trees that have fallen, fallen, loose roots, leading to drought and death.
Of the 10 peach growing villages, 3 villages, Kim Son, Xuan Son, Dong Vinh, were the most severely damaged. Some households had about 300-400 peach trees dead, causing damage of more than 150 million VND; some households had about 20-100 trees dead.
According to Mr. Tran Ba Hoanh, peach blossoms are a key crop for economic development of many local households. However, this year, the damage after storms and floods is so severe that people will not celebrate Tet as happily as in previous years.
