Shaking hands with "mine owners" are some local people
In illegal gold exploitation locations in Khe De area (Vinh O commune, Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province) that the Lao Dong newspaper mentioned in the previous article, most gold miners from the Northern provinces. Only the canyon area has more than 20 camps for gold exploitation, there are quite a lot of people gathering, living and living on the spot. The chiefs set the principle that no one was allowed to leave the shack to go out.
Food, food, petroleum, necessities ... have been transported along the forest trail - which has been formed from regular trips for months. The traces of printing on the ground show that illegal gold exploitation activities here are not new.
As noted, the group of foreigners who want to go to the forest to exploit gold must "shake hands" with some local people who are considered "mine owners". In live conversations with gold miners in the slit, managers named "Cu Nanh", "Mr. Tien", "Anh Anh" ... are mentioned.
The slot used to be an illegal gold exploitation hot spot for many years ago. At that time, the forest was tilled, chemicals were used indiscriminately, many streams and ecosystems were seriously affected. The locality once organized a raid and destroyed the golden tunnels. However, in 2024, especially in early 2025, when the price of gold increased sharply and the information that some people were "hit with gold", the golden band had returned.
Currently, in the forest area where the group of farmers and rocks is plowed. Large timber trees were kept to avoid revealing from above, small trees were eradicated to make camps, reinforce the golden tunnel. The digging and drilling of tunnels is seriously threatening the Vinh O forest ecosystem - one of the areas that have a protective and watershed role in Quang Tri province.
Golden bands can be persistent and sophisticated thanks to the help from some indigenous people themselves. In the days of clinging to the Khe De forest, we witnessed the scene of some people here transporting the necessary goods for groups of people at camps.
Discovery is pushed, but still exists
According to the People's Committee of Vinh O Commune, in 2024, the locality instructed the commune police force to coordinate with the relevant functional forces to organize many inspections and raids on the loggers. Thereby, pushed and dismantled and destroyed many illegal camps in the forest.
However, recently, the situation of illegal gold exploitation has appeared, so on 4.3.2025, the People's Committee of Vinh O Commune has directed the forces to organize the inspection and raid. Thereby, discovered and destroyed two illegal camps in the forest with the purpose of serving gold mining activities at Lot 6, Trm 5, sub -area 582; The group of related people was administratively handled and pushed out of the area.
Mr. Tran Van Gui - Chairman of Vinh O Commune People's Committee said that, through the information from the masses, currently in the area showing signs of illegal exploration and exploitation of gold at many points, especially in three sub -areas, there is a risk of abusing forest resources and mineral resources. Therefore, the People's Committee of Vinh O Commune continues to have a written document, requiring the units to continue reviewing and handling.
According to Mr. Give, illegally exploiting gold in the locality, there are two forms, if exploiting golden minerals in the river, scooping sandy soil to the sieve, while exploiting the tunnel gold, dug deep down to get rock soil to grind and then treat. The reason for the golden pirate reappeared, according to Mr. gave from the information that a resident picked up the golden lump in Xa Lieu village, so many people came to find luck.
"The most worried of the locality is that these subjects bring evils, so we discovered that we pushed away immediately.
Before the information we provided, that gold bandits were very large in the slot area and had the help of the local people, Mr. Give said that it could be due to the illegal gold exploitation, so the forces have not yet discovered.
"I will ask the forces to conduct a review and handling immediately" - Mr. Troi affirmed.
