Notably, the situation of deforestation is becoming increasingly sophisticated, especially cases of encroachment on natural green pine forests to exploit and trade ornamental plants for the market. Many cases after being discovered have fallen into silence, while forest rangers and local authorities are said to be still searching for the perpetrators.
At the end of December 2025, in Sub-zone 1000 (Ia Mo commune), nearly 300 forest trees continued to be carved by subjects with the entire shell around the roots. The destroyed forest area is located along National Highway 14C, with an area of about 5ha, about 5km from Ia Mo Border Guard Station.
Records at the scene show that hundreds of forest trees, mainly oil trees, have had their roots peeled off. Many large trees with a diameter of nearly 60cm also cannot escape the situation of being rooted. Interspersed are a series of small trees, about 10cm in diameter, growing close together, all peeled off.
According to a report by the Chu Prong Regional Forest Protection Department, initial inventory determined that 271 forest trees were peeled around the roots. The peeled location is 10cm to 180cm above the ground, the types of trees include oil, ca chit, mango... At the time of inspection, all the trees were still alive.
Ketting trees is the form of drilling and carving off the entire shell around the roots, causing trees to gradually die over time. This is a sophisticated forest destruction trick to turn the forest into bare land and barren hills. After the forest trees are destroyed, subjects often burn the roots to destroy evidence, turning the forest area into fields.
In addition to the purpose of encroaching on forest land to make fields, some subjects also destroy forests to collect and transport trees and firewood to sell to brokers.
Not only the border forest, the beautiful green pine forest in Dak Doa commune is also continuously being encroached upon. Since a part of the pine forest area was handed over to businesses to implement projects, the situation of theft and embezzlement of pine trees for sale to the ornamental plant market has occurred frequently.
The Dak Doa Regional Forest Protection Department said that the unit is verifying and inspecting a series of pine trees dug up in the Dak Doa golf course project area. Initial records show that many pine trees in the FLC Group project area have been bundled around the base by thieves, preparing to move elsewhere.
The subjects often take advantage of deserted times to break into the forest, take up trees for consumption, with a selling price on the market of up to tens of millions of VND per tree.
Pine forests are assets planted by local people since 1975, playing an important role in climate regulation and protecting the ecological environment. The loss of pine forests due to excavation and trading of ornamental plants has caused local public outrage.
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