Remove the pit fish from the net. On summer days, the sky is calm and the sea is calm. Although the journeys of the fishermen in my hometown are difficult, when they return to the shore, they are always full of laughter. On the ships docked, there are not only dried squid – an expensive export seafood – but also dried sea bass – a fragrant, delicious fish that is now very popular. Throughout the fishing ports and beaches in the communes of Binh Son district (Quang Ngai), hundreds of fishermen are very excited about the beginning of the fish season, while the price of this commodity is increasing. The people of the sea are happy because of the fish season. When the boat came ashore, far away from the motorbikes buying fish, carrying fish was busy. These days, coastal fishermen begin to exploit pit fish. This is a high-value seafood species that is exported to many countries. Starts sporadically after Tet, but from March to May is the time when the fish starts to be in season and is the most fat, fat and fragrant. According to the coastal seniors in Binh Chau commune, the fishing season is mainly from January to April of the lunar calendar because at this time the fish come back a lot. After the voyages to sea, the majority of the marine catch are usually pit fish with bright silver chalk, which is pleasing to the eye at first glance. Ho fish is very popular in foreign markets, so when it is exploited, traders also follow fishermen to go far to sea to buy and preserve on the spot. Hogfish is a special type of fish known as the sea fish with a dragon body because of its silvery sparkling appearance and fins running down its spine. Just like the fish in the sea, the fish in the open sea, the body is long and the body is flat, but black, the skin is covered by a thick, hard bone that runs from the head to the tail, looks very solid, the meat is lean, with little fat. than. The big one is about 1m long, the small one is about 50cm. They have a long body (average 60–90 cm), flattened on one side, with pointed teeth. Although it is a fierce fish, difficult to catch, but with high nutritional value, cobia is classified as a nutritious food for many people. The fish is very delicious when it is fresh and only those who directly practice at sea can enjoy it. Because before returning to the mainland, fish must be dried to ensure quality and keep for a long time. This year, the weather at the beginning of the year is favorable, the sea is calm, so the boats and boats are all hit by fish. Mr. Thanh, a fisherman in Binh Chau shared: “The fishermen usually go out to sea to catch fish from 3-4 am every day, then return to shore, every trip back to the sea is full of fish, so everyone is excited. “. At 4 a.m. every day, Binh Chau fishermen reach out to catch fish. They use a net 7 m wide, more than 300 m long, and drop it about 5 to 10 km from the coast. At 11 a.m., they reached the shore with a thick net and began to unload the fish. But seafaring is also very industrial, because only seasoned fishermen can see the flow of fish in action, in addition to the help of the locator and locator. According to local people, Ho fish often go in groups in the sea, at the beginning of the lunar year, they come to the shore. “This year, the weather is favorable at the beginning of the year, the sea is calm, so the boats and boats all hit fish holes, some people gain a few tens of kilograms, some people have a few hundred kilograms each trip,” said fisherman Nguyen Van Thinh. The fish meat is very delicious and is loved by many people. After collecting the net, the fish will be carefully removed, avoiding scratches, stored in a foam box with enough ice to ensure quality or temporarily dried on the boat. After that, the fish is transported from the sea to the mainland, a part is brought to the market to sell fresh, and part of the fish is salted for 2 days. Then let it dry in the sun to dry naturally. In the early morning, people have bought fresh pit fish from fishermen who went fishing in the sea. Ho fish is very popular in foreign markets, so when it is exploited, traders also follow fishermen to go far to sea to buy and preserve on the spot. Ho fish meat is very delicious, popular with many people, white hole fish for export currently has a high price of 70,000-75,000 VND/kg. Compared to previous years, the price of fish this year has increased. Sometimes through the large amount of catch, fresh fish cannot be consumed, the rest is transferred to dry by fishermen. Before being dried, the fish is washed in fresh water. After catching the fish, people will cut open the belly of the fish, clean it and strung it on bamboo strips about 5m long and then dry it. This stage is clean, the fish will be delicious to eat later and preserved for a long time. Dry fish pit. The fish head is the thickest place, so it will be spread out to let the sun shine in, helping to dry quickly. People in the coastal village often dry the fish by crossing a rope or pole to dry. After half a day of drying fish, people take the fish’s tail together to hang the fish head down, helping the fish to dry quickly and straight, convenient for packaging later. Although fresh fish brought back to dry, although it is laborious, it is very expensive to sell and gives a higher price than selling fresh fish. On average, 2kg of fresh halibut after drying in the sun, about 1kg of dried fish is obtained and sold for more than 120,000 VND. Under the sun over 37 degrees, the fish is dried for 8 consecutive days. The houses in these coastal villages all dry fish in season, from the front porch, on the pole to the fence, the long striped fish is brought out to dry.

Abundant green fruit Tran Xuan An, Chairman of Thang Hai Commune Farmers’ Association (Ham Tan district, Binh Thuan), seemed to think something, so he didn’t answer until I stopped the car because of the intersection in front of me. At this moment, he looked over at me, clearly: “This place is in the middle of Suoi Tu village, if running straight is Be mountain, it is also the place where a lot of rubber plantation and timber are planted. Turn left to go to Suoi Bang village, The place where Nuoc Man stream is located, across the stream is Binh Chau land (Ba Ria – Vung Tau). From this place running to Nuoc Man stream, there are 151 ha of black pepper cow leather, golden rice longan and about 132 ha of Taiwanese mango grafted with Thai mangoes. Also from this place, turn right, you will go to a place to plant citrus fruits such as grapefruit, tangerine, jackfruit … More than 150 hectares, not less “. I opened the car door and walked out with An. Around the immense green color of many kinds of fruit trees, it stretches to the eye. The air smelled of fruit and fruit around here, of the remaining forest trees, mixed with the scent of grass, the scent of named and unnamed flowers in the earth. The scent of the same green color makes people feel like they are in a very peaceful place. Tran Xuan An slowly: “Earlier, you said Suoi Tu and Suoi Bang are forest land. Exactly! In the 80’s of the twentieth century, the people of Quang Tri, from whom I lived in Thang Hai, still went to the forest of Suoi Bang, Suoi Tu. Everything changed after the government decided to set up a socio-economic project on 400 hectares of impoverished forest, in 1990, to provide accommodation and production for free migrants. decades ago. As a result, many westerners flocked to Thang Hai to buy land from people granted by the project. Many of them have experience growing fruit trees. So the new longan gardens, new intensive farming techniques, are applied here. After the label is mango, rubber. Sometimes, many families cut down longan, mango, and grow rubber because latex is priced well. If there is no tight vicious circle – planted due to the short-term devaluation and profitability, the area of ​​fruit trees of all kinds of Thang Hai must be over 1,000 hectares, not just 670 hectares, of which more than 500 hectares for harvest. like nowadays. Mr. Vo Van Sot in a 5-hectare avocado orchard in Suoi Bang village Nearly drunk, far away, remember I am in Thang Hai, the most southern locality in Binh Thuan province. This place was still a poor land 20 years ago. There was no restaurant along the commune more than 10 km. People on the road had to squeeze their stomachs, trying to run across Nuoc Man stream, to Binh Chau to buy rice. Some year of my childhood, this place is still primitive forest. There is a natural North – South road running through. Occasionally a few people walk, u bring loneliness because of the four bureaucratic, wild. This is the path that Nguyen Thong, when he held the position of a monastic academy during the Tu Duc dynasty, during his trip from Long Thanh to Phuoc Tuy (Ba Ria), to Binh Thuan expressed exclamation: “Where do you call? ? / In the evening, the voice is more melancholic / The customer is tired and wants to rest / Desperate in the deep woods! / The side of the road is hungry, / The piece of coat is dewdrops “. Luckily, on this trip I met An. Just over 50 years old, but An has more than 30 years working as a farmer, then an agricultural worker, so he has the knowledge of a local earthquake. In the whole commune, there are 1,510 households and 800 households specializing in farming. Thang Hai has 6,078 people, most of whom stick to their whole life with fruit trees, emulate creativity, turn the locality into a fruit tree area of ​​Ham Tan. Now, talking about fruit trees in Binh Thuan is Thang Hai, referring to the Thang Hai yellow rice boat label that is certified by the Department of Intellectual Property of the geographical indication. In the middle of a canoe garden in Thang Hai Every year, before the Lunar New Year and 4 months later, Thang Hai is the season of Thai grafted Taiwanese mango, Hoa Loc mango, avocado off-season. May and June are tangerine season. Is there any place in Binh Thuan where there are tangerines and fruits that are as big as a small ball, thin and light when ripe, and juicy? This mandarin, Binh Chau’s daughter on the other side of the river often comes to buy, saying that squeezing water is healthy and bright. July to October is the season of longan, golden rice, longan pepper cow skin. This is the time at Suoi Bang everywhere, there is a bright white color of the net against the bat eating longan; The season of howling birds, red-headed red-beaked redbirds fly back from Be mountain, the archipelago all day on the broad canopy longan trees, spread out like a giant parachute. This is the season when Suoi Bang girls’ flesh is always incubated in a passionate aroma, when near, they can get drunk, they will remember when going far away, making truck drivers aged 19 and 20 go to Suoi Bang to eat food, keep lingering. don’t want to go home. November of the calendar year onwards, the scent of longan still lingers in the leftover gardens, making the girls even more awake, flinching under the thin blanket, while outside the bat has not stopped pulling her flock. , looking all night. After November is the early Thai jackfruit season. Thai jackfruit runs near the street market as La Gi, Ham Tan. After this time, when Tet comes, there are green skin pomelo. Mr. Tran Xuan An, Chairman of Thang Hai Commune Farmers Association, in his green skin pomelo garden I asked: “Do garden owners here focus on green – clean products?”. An replied softly: “Nearly 100% of garden owners aim for quality and safety for consumers. They should eat it or not, thanks to that factor.” Then An determinedly dragged me in to meet Vu Cong Hoan. Hoan is a garden owner, from the North. Six years ago, Hoan came to Thang Hai, heard stories of gardening and was born eager, so he invested in gardening, although his wife advised to open a luxury hotel that was both comfortable and not far away. “Buying 13 hectares of land, I block streams, build dams to get water. Design a sprinkler system; use a large amount of organic fertilizer to improve the soil before thinking about growing green skin grapefruit” – Hoan said. The Hoan house is quiet and spacious in the middle of the pomelo garden. The blue-skinned grapefruits at the end of the crop were the size of a ball, swinging just a few dozen feet from where I was sitting. Hoan said there are 9 ha of green skin pomelo with 3,600 trees and 4 ha of longan in the garden. On average, each pomelo tree gives 30 fruits, each fruit is about 2.2 kg, the average price is 35,000 VND / kg; each tree collected over 2.5 million dong, or nearly 900 million dong / ha. Hoan does not use inorganic fertilizers, so no matter how strict the consumer is, he can still buy all the grapefruit in his garden. “Last New Year, my grapefruit gave out any vehicle that ran out of cars. So much so that, when I no longer sell, I spend some of the fruit delivered to a center to export agricultural products to Europe because they have signed off the contract. traders pulled the whole group into the garden “. Eyes see headphones The last thing on the road is about a bit economical color scheme. Tran Xuan An told Thang Hai that in the beginning of 2021, there were only 35 poor households out of a total of 1,510 households. Average people’s income is nearly 40 million VND / person / year. Can not forget that Thang Hai is from a forested area, people live destitute, lack before and after, change all jobs in the year, not to mention a large number of children divorced and divorced, looking for jobs in Ho Chi Minh City. It seems that thanks to the change of cultivars, towards plants suitable to the soil, associated with the consumption market, Thang Hai has become a production place of agricultural products, typically the golden rice variety. has been present in major supermarkets. Now, back to Thang Hai is back to the estate of 5-20 ha. About 50% of Thang Hai people today are farmers in their own fields and gardens, the next day they can be workers of the farms with working days of 300,000-350,000 VND / day. The way to go up of Thang Hai, with a few dozen billionaires originating from farmers, typically Ha Thanh Chanh, Vo Van Sot … earning a few billion dong of goods / year, shows the strength of a countryside, as well as the the acumen and determination of the commune leaders. Tran Xuan An also told me that if possible, in April, the mango season, go back to Thang Hai to see and hear how traders come here to buy goods. I promised An that he would stop by because he wanted to learn about the retired pilot, how to build streams and dams to water 13 hectares of his crops during the sunny months.

To ensure safety in the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, visitors should prioritize traveling by personal means, avoid contact with many people and always wear a mask in public. 1. Bu Gia Map National Park Place: Binh Phuoc The way from Ho Chi Minh City: About 181 km Admire the beautiful butterflies in Bu Gia Map. Photo: Viet Dynamic. With an area of ​​more than 26 hectares, Bu Gia Map National Park is considered one of the places that possesses the largest and most diverse ecosystem in the south. There are more than 20 streams, waterfalls and caves, big and small, not to mention Luu Ly waterfall, Nai cave, Doi cave … attracting adventurous tourists. Holidays, returning to the wild, soaking in the clear blue stream and listening to the birds chirping is a peaceful and different experience after stressful working days. Besides the self-sufficient experience, visitors can check out many attractive trekking tours. According to the survey, some tour operators Bu Gia Map still have vacant seats for holidays, the price is about 2 million VND / person. Note: Visitors should bring compact clothes and shoes that are easy to move. Blankets, cooking utensils, tents … are essential items if you want to camp overnight. 2. Phu Dien Cross Rock Mountain Place: Dong Nai The way from Ho Chi Minh City: About 126 km The majestic rocky mountain among the rice fields. Photo: Lukapaulos. Phu Dien rice field is known as the largest rice granary in Dong Nai province. It has a fresh climate, close nature, suitable for travelers who want to find a sense of peace. Recently, the image of check-in on Cross rock, looking down at the vast rice fields, appeared quite a lot on tourist groups. To reach a mountain about 150 m high, visitors need to cross 2 km of field road. Some experiences you can refer to are camping on the top of the mountain, cycling, SUP rowing, waterfall bathing … Note: When climbing, visitors should not wear shoes because it is easy to slide. Ideally, you need to prepare socks or barefoot. To avoid the risk of climbing when it rains, you should check the weather forecast before your trip. 3. Ma Bo Street Place: Lam Dong The way from Ho Chi Minh City: About 250 km Cycling through the forest from Lam Dong to Ninh Thuan is a different experience during the holiday. Photo: LIKE Tour. Ma Bo (Lam Dong), located near Ta Nang commune, is the ancestral land of the Churu people. Ma Noi is a mountainous commune of Ninh Son district (Ninh Thuan) – where Raglay people live, still retaining many traditional cultural features. All are still quite unfamiliar places, but the road through the forest from Ma Bo to Ma Noi is easy to score with travelers interested in adventure and discovery. It takes about 3 hours to cross the forest, cross the stream, you will conquer this challenging road. 4. Dau Tieng Lake (Tay Ninh) Place: Tay Ninh The way from Ho Chi Minh City: About 95 km Camping by the side of Dau Tieng Lake is an enjoyable experience. Photo: Thao Ly. If you are afraid to visit crowded tourist destinations, visitors can invite you to make an overnight camping trip by the largest artificial lake in Vietnam. Dau Tieng Lake is located about 38 km east of Tay Ninh city. From the city center, tourists drive along Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, pass the Tay Ninh Holy See, and turn right to Duong Minh Chau town. After that, continue along the shoreline. You will pass through rubber forests to attract your eyes, shady and cool. Although it has been exploited for tourism, the lake still remains untouched and quiet. The surrounding area does not have many hotels, motels, you should bring a camping night tent and organize a cozy barbecue party with friends. 5. Binh Chau hot spring Place: BA Ria Vung Tau The way from Ho Chi Minh City: About 115 km Binh Chau Hot Spring, located in Xuyen Moc district, has been an attractive destination in recent years, especially on weekends and holidays … The area has more than 70 points of open water spraying from underground circuits and heat. degrees 37-82 degrees C. Services from mineral mud baths, hot water soaking to boiling eggs in hot wells here are suitable for visitors to enjoy the feeling of relaxation. However, Binh Chau Hot Spring Resort is now fully booked, tourists can choose to stay at hotels in Vung Tau city and go by car to visit hot springs (return during the day).

About 2.5 hours away from Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Tram creates an attraction in the community moved by the pristine coastline, the stretching primeval forest and high-class resorts. With a short vacation, you can choose to relax at the beach view resorts, with prices from 4 million VND / night. 1. Melia Ho Tram Beach Resort Highlights: The rooms have sea views, with many modern amenities. The resort has 4 restaurants, 1 beach club, ballroom, fitness center, spa, coffee … 1,500 m2 swimming pool is the highlight here. Evaluate: Oanh: “The resort is suitable for resort families. Melia takes care of every detail such as equipped with pencil box and coloring book in the room, outdoor cinema for chill guests … The interior of the room is not special, looking like in the style of Oceanami “. Hang: “The place is clean, airy, each room has a balcony, soft mattress, beautiful wood design. I went to the translation campaign so the resort has hand sanitizer everywhere. The minus point is the telephone answering staff. a bit slow, the breakfast is not good “. Nhung: “Breakfast with many dishes. High-class furniture, comfortable”. 2. Grand Ho Tram Highlights : All rooms are designed with 5-star standard, with luxurious interior. Especially, high-class rooms have sea view and golf course. Guests can experience many activities at the entertainment and resort complex. Evaluate: Nghia: “Beautiful pool view. Campus is large, staff in some areas are not friendly. Breakfast is good but a little bit of food”. Khanh: “The room is beautifully designed, 5 star standard. What is not like is that the staff are too professional, lack of intimacy and comfort. The price of food is too high”. Van: “Modern space, luxury. Breakfast is not worthy of a 5-star hotel”. 3. Vietsovpetro Resort Highlights t: The resort owns 184 diverse style rooms, with sea views or green gardens. 4 outdoor swimming pools in harmony with the natural landscape are a relaxing spot for visitors to relax. In addition to resorts, the resort also has 5 conference rooms with a capacity of 100 to 700 people. Evaluate: Bui: “The confetti is very beautiful. The swimming pool is comfortable. The receptionist is attentive. The buffet dinner menu is not rich, the dishes are cheap, the tasting does not match the taste”. Tong: “Everything is fine, except the staff attitude is not as friendly and professional as the 4-star resorts I used to go.” Quang: “The location is suitable for a family vacation. The room is clean, the interior is a bit old”. 4. Ho Tram Beach Boutique Resort & Spa Highlights: Rooms feature views of the garden or sea. The resort features 2 outdoor swimming pools, 2 tennis courts and 4 dining options. Fishing, kayaking and beach volleyball are organized. Evaluate: Long: “Enthusiastic staff. Dislike is that the tub is too small”. Loc: “Quiet space, beautiful view, close to nature, suitable for relaxation. Delicious food, attentive service. The minus point is the dark bathroom, the water is a bit weak”. Truong: “Good breakfast, big room, fully equipped. The beach is not clean”. Kiet: “Dinner buffet is not rich yet”. 5. Carmelina Beach Resort Highlights: The resort combines green space, harmonious with nature and many modern entertainment facilities. Rooms have garden, pool or sea views. Convenient location to move to the tropical forests of Phuoc Buu, Binh Chau hot spring … Evaluate: Nguyen: “The space is open, beautiful, close to nature. The staff is enthusiastic and welcoming”. Vy: “Except for the beach with a little trash, the rest I like all the services that the resort offers. However, I think the resort should allow guests to bring pets.” Thanh: “I like the large, clean, beautiful beach. The resort has many large and small swimming pools, entertainment areas for children. The shop here sells swimwear that is not beautiful.”

Through the inspection and review of legal documents, approved project design documents and current construction status, the construction of the above works arises by the Ba Ria Fishing Port Management Board – Vung Tau is not in accordance with the guidelines allowed by the Provincial People’s Committee and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, not in accordance with the approved planning and design. Construction works on sea encroachment in contravention of approved planning at Ben Loi – Binh Chau estuary storm shelter area of ​​Xuyen Moc district. Ba Ria – Vung Tau fishing port management board allows people to arbitrarily build sea encroachment works, pour pillars on the embankment to protect the border to build, seriously affect the safety of the protective talus, possibly potential landslides, later subsidence, danger to ships, loss of aesthetics and affect the overall site of the project, causing frustration in public opinion. The management board of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province’s fishing port does not comply with the regulations on the commencement of the work to the local authority. At the meeting with the inspection team, at the time of signing the minutes, Mr. Ngo Thanh Liem, Director was absent. Mr. Le Hong Liem, Deputy Director was present and presented opinions to the delegation to write in the minutes but did not agree to sign the minutes, indicating the non-cooperation of leaders of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Fishing Port Management Board. with local authorities. Immediately after the report of the People’s Committee of Xuyen Moc district, on February 1, 2021, Mr. Tran Van Tuan, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province issued the document of express speed No. 1022 / UBND-VP on the inspection inspecting construction works in the storm shelter anchorage for fishing ships of Ben Loi – Binh Chau. Accordingly, the Provincial People’s Committee assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Construction and the People’s Committee of Xuyen Moc district to inspect and handle. One of the wrongly planned constructions at Ben Loi – Binh Chau estuary, used for business purposes, was requested to be dismantled. On January 25, 2021, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development presided over and coordinated with the People’s Committee of Xuyen Moc district and relevant branches to organize the inspection. Thereby, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has concluded that the construction of works in the storm shelter anchorage for Ben Loi – Binh Chau fishing boat is not consistent with the master plan. The Provincial People’s Committee approves and requests the Provincial Fishing Port Management Board to stop construction and dismantle all construction items that are not in accordance with the planning, and return to the original state before February 28, 2021. . Through the inspection and supervision at the locality, the Provincial Fishing Port Management Board has stopped the construction of work items. However, up to now, the Fishing Port Management Board only dismantled 01 item of sea encroachment, built on the guard’s slope (area 8.2m x 15.5m = 80.6m2). The remaining construction items that are not in accordance with the remaining planning remain unchanged and have not been dismantled (the un-dismantled works include 12 items, an area of ​​about 1,869 square meters). The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province has 3 times issued a document to the Provincial Fishing Port Management Board to urgently dismantle completely and return the original state of construction works. in accordance with the master plan of the site approved by the Provincial People’s Committee on the adjustment of the investment project to build storm shelter anchorage for fishing ships of Ben Loi – Binh Chau. For unknown reasons, until now, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Fishing Port Management Board still “defies” the instruction documents from the Provincial People’s Committee, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, has not carried out the dismantlement of the wrong builder here? Legal forums will continue to update developments regarding this incident.