According to Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment Le Huu Toan, a fire prevention and control plan has been in place since the dry season began, including round-the-clock patrols and rapid-response teams to snuff out fires before they could spread.
The U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang will accelerate infrastructure development and create new tourism products to attract more travelers, according to Hoang Van Tuan, the park’s director.
Tourists have started flocking again to U Minh Thuong National Park, the southern province of Kien Giang, after months of closure to prevent the COVID-19 spread and wildfire.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is planning to develop eco-tourism in the U Minh Thuong National Park into an important service sector through making the most appropriate use of the forest’s potential.
The U Minh Thuong National Park in the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang province has built a digital map on areas at high risk of forest fires in an attempt to prevent and tackle such disasters during the 2020-2021 dry season, Deputy Director of the park Tran Van Thang has said.
Authorities in the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands regions are taking precautionary measures to protect forests facing high risk of fires due to the prolonged hot and dry weather.
U Minh Thuong National Park, one of the two most important peatland areas in Vietnam, boasts unique and rare features that are hard to be found anywhere else in the country and the world.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, home to one of the hottest holiday spots in Vietnam – Phu Quoc Island, has experienced a boom in tourism over the last few years.
The southern province of Kien Giang is carrying out a project to develop eco-tourism in U Minh Thuong National Park for 2019-2020 with a vision to 2030, with a total investment of over 150 billion VND (6.46 million USD)
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has some 13,000ha of forests facing a major threat of fires in An Minh, Hon Dat, Giang Thanh, and Phu Quoc districts.
As many as 140 hectares of forest will be planted in U Minh Thuong National Mark in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in 2018, while various measures will be carried out to preserve biodiversity in the park, said director of the park Pham Quoc Dan.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is working on measures to cope with saltwater intrusion, according to the provincial Irrigation Sub-Department.
The Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve has made significant progresses in terms of ecological diversity and biodiversity preservation, heard a recent workshop in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
The U Minh Thuong National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang was recognised as Vietnam’s 8 th Ramsar site at a ceremony held on February 22.
