Only desk, no back desk
In early November, the strip of land along the Red River through the communes of Nga Quan, Viet Thanh, Dao Thinh, Bao Dap, Quy Mong, and Y Can of Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province was covered in green corn, vegetables, beans, and especially mulberry.
Difficulties are still like mountains ahead, but the last batches of silkworms and the rows of green vegetables that are about to be harvested make everyone happy. The urgent task of restoring agricultural production immediately after the flood receded by the Party Committee and the government of Tran Yen district has initially brought about results.
Ms. Tran Thi Hoan Lien - Director of the Agricultural Development Support Service Center of Tran Yen district - said: "The impact of storm No. 3 caused damage to 13,664 production households, affecting tens of thousands of families' income and livelihoods. With the common goal of restoring agricultural production, we have established working groups to go to the grassroots, survey the situation and develop a plan. Accordingly, specialized agencies guide farmers to dig ditches, drain water, strip leaves, and trim mulberry tops; dredge ditches, prepare land for corn planting; sow autumn-winter vegetables on all possible areas; clean barns, disinfect, sterilize, and bury dead livestock and poultry to restore herds."
To date, more than 500 out of 593 hectares of affected mulberry have been cared for and restored. People in communes and towns in Tran Yen district have planted more than 500 hectares of winter corn and more than 600 hectares of other vegetables.
In Yen Bai City, after the flood, the local government has propagated and instructed farmers to clean their fields and start winter crop production with appropriate crop structure. Wards and communes also received from the city various seeds and biofertilizers to help affected households restore production.
According to statistics from Yen Bai province, storm No. 3 killed 54 people; injured 42 people; damaged 27,331 houses; affected 7,006 hectares of crops; killed or swept away 336,325 livestock and poultry; total estimated damage was over 5,738 billion VND.
Immediately after the storm and flood recovery campaign ended, Yen Bai province continued to focus on socio-economic development tasks to ensure the completion of the set goals for 2024. To restore the economy, Yen Bai province implemented solutions to promote the production and supply chain, promptly remove difficulties for businesses, speed up the progress of key projects, increase budget revenue, and bring back tourism activities...
Mr. Tran Huy Tuan - Secretary of Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee - shared: "Despite storms and floods, the growth rate of total product in Yen Bai province in the first 9 months is still estimated at 7.15%, ranking 9th out of 14 provinces in the midland and mountainous region of the North. In the last 3 months of the year, with the determination to only discuss action, not to discuss backwardness, Yen Bai will deploy fundamental solutions to both "sprint" to comprehensively implement the set targets, and both build and promote growth".
Building volunteer tourism products after the storm
Along with building resettlement areas for people who suffered heavy losses after floods, Lao Cai province mobilized the entire political system to participate in overcoming the consequences, including promptly implementing technical measures to care for crops and livestock in the local key industries to soon stabilize production.
With the strength of tourism, Lao Cai Provincial Department of Tourism has come up with many fundamental solutions to support businesses such as building new products and promoting cooperation.
Accordingly, the department is researching the development of volunteer tours. This is a form of experience and combined support for villages severely damaged by natural disasters, tourism associated with visiting areas affected by storms and floods.
“Participating in volunteer tourism brings many benefits to tourists and local communities, with a noble humanitarian meaning, when tourists from far away bring many benefits to the community, locality and environment. When participating in volunteer activities, tourists have the opportunity to meet and work with local communities,” said the leader of Lao Cai Province Department of Tourism.
