The wharf with green space is a favorite destination for the elderly and young people. Ms. H Ven Ayun, from Triă village, Ea Tul commune, Cu Mgar district, said that the Ede people have always chosen a place to set up their village where they must have a clean water source, the water source flows day and night, year round and never runs out. Water is the source of life, bringing people good crops, warmth; The forest is a sacred place to protect the village. In order to have a clean and clear water source, people in the village work together to preserve the trees in the watershed; Because people understand that when the forest is lost, the water dries up, and every big tree that is cut down is an underground water source. Losing the forest, losing the water wharf, the village will no longer exist. Therefore, the forest surrounding the wharf will be protected intact by the people. Ms. H Ven Ayun said, every week, people will clean themselves, clean the water wharf very clean: “The water wharf of the Ede people in the past was self-flowing from the source, where there are many old trees and very good water. When it rains, the rainwater will wash away dirt, rotten leaves and garbage, and people will clean it regularly or monthly to keep the water source clean.” Today, although each house has well water and tap water to use, many Ede people still keep the habit of 2 mornings and afternoons to go to the wharf to bring water back to their activities. When the water is filled, people meet, ask about each other, and chat happily. If in the past, the roads leading from the village to the wharf were trails and steep slopes, today, in many villages, the road to the wharf has been concreted and built into steps to prevent slipping. In some places, both the wall and water pipes are concreted, using metal pipes as gutters. Today, many wharfs have been repaired and restored with concrete and cement. According to Ms. H Djuon Niê, in Phuong village, Ea Tul commune, Cu Mgar district, this approach helps to make the wharfs cleaner. When the road is convenient, more and more people come to the wharf, including tourists from far away: “Since knowing how to build with concrete and cement, the water source is clean and free of dirty garbage. We hope to keep the old trees at the wharf intact; trees must be protected, not cut down. Only trees can retain water; with moisture, water will remain and not run dry. there’s always water flowing over the years”. Along with urbanization, many wharves in Ede villages gradually disappeared or were abandoned. The reason is that the old trees were cut down, the watershed forest area was narrowed, drying out the groundwater, leaving the wharf without water, or the water was no longer clean. Facing this situation, the authorities of some localities in Dak Lak have solutions to recover the parts around the wharf to expand the watershed forest area, invest and restore the water wharves for the community. As in Dat Hieu ward, Buon Ho town, currently, the watershed forest area in Kli A village is only about 1,000 m2. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Truc, Secretary of the Party Committee of Dat Hieu ward, the locality is speeding up progress to recover 0.8 hectares of land around the Kli A wharf area: “The locality is very interested in protecting the wharf. water as well as environmental protection, directing aggressively in the planning of this wharf, putting that area into planning for management.For the people in this village, they are also very conscious in the process. The process of protecting the environment here and protecting the wharf; they also strictly implement it, do not discharge waste into the environment during their living. The trees in the wharf area they also protect, preserve, and do not cut down. “. In many places, trails down to the waterfront have been replaced by concrete roads. In Cu Mgar district, since 2011, Doan Cu Mgar district has organized to repair and restore a number of water wharfs by cleaning the environment, clearing the flow, raising awareness about using and protecting resources. water and protect watershed forests. The local cultural sector also implements conservation activities of traditional culture, including the wharf and wharf worshiping ceremonies. Mr. Y Mang, Deputy Head of the Culture and Information Department of CuM’gar District, Dak Lak Province said: “In the past time, the Culture and Information Department has advised the District People’s Committee to repair and upgrade the water wharf for the district. In which, trees have been planted and a delegation has been established to zoning areas to protect and preserve the water wharves of the people. In addition, the cultural life, especially the culture of the people, must be preserved, and the wharf-worshipping ritual must be maintained. water, want the culture to be preserved and moreover that the water is clean”. From the sense of protecting the water wharf – the source of life, the Ede people in Dak Lak have a deeper sense of protecting the environment, protecting the watershed forests to preserve the village’s natural water flow. As a result, the wharfs of the Ede people are still maintained, which is a unique culture preserved for future generations.

Group of young people in Dak Lak making seed bombs In early 2021, this group of young people changed the color of cleared lands, bare hills, grasslands and forests by wrapping the seeds with clay, helping to protect the seeds from being eaten by insects. and when it rains. The soil cover will retain enough water for the seeds to germinate. Nuts are prepared by the group to make a seed bomb The way to do it is just to keep, wash and dry the fruit seeds… create a “seed bomb” – mix clay, humus with manure and a little water, knead it by hand, then give the seeds to plant. in the middle and then roll it up. Next, the “seed bomb” was placed by young people in the vacant land, the wasteland where they lived and passed. “Seed bombs” grow according to the principle of nature, they germinate when it rains, without fertilizing or watering. A bomb has five kinds of particles According to Mr. Pham Thanh Tuan (the initiator of making “seed bombs”), there are 5 types of seeds in 1 bomb: pioneer trees, canopy trees, nitrogen-fixing plants and low-level medicinal herbs. After the seedlings have grown, a sufficient amount of nutrients is available as compost mixed with the soil for the initial growth of the plant. The rainy season lasts 2-3 months, enough for strong seedlings, when the dry season comes, the resistance of seedlings is also stronger. Mix clay, manure, water, humus as seed cover Thanks to the compactness of each “seed bomb”, even the dry season can be carried to an area suitable for the growing conditions of each cultivar contained in the bomb. According to Mr. Tuan, using “seed bombs” helps to overcome difficulties in climate conditions as well as save manpower and costs for afforestation. “Seed bombs” can take advantage of endemic trees regenerated by seeds, with high drought tolerance to develop natural forest areas.

In the campus of Dak Lak museum, there are dozens of ancient guava mausoleum trees with trunks reaching tens of meters high. This is the ideal place to check in with any young people coming to Buon Ma Thuot during this holiday. By guava is a species of large woody tree, the root has a stem, the bark is yellowish-brown, the bark has a small round ball of 2 to 3cm. The reason that the guava tree has such a name is because the trunk has the same color as the guava tree. Guava tree often blooms in the summer, is a flower symbolizing faithful and innocent love. Therefore, planting this flower helps to keep the owner’s soul fresh and ready to face all the challenges of life. Guava tree stands out with its strong, sturdy trunk and branches, combined with beautiful purple flowers, so this is a shade tree used a lot in the landscape. The tree is planted on sidewalks, streets, factories, parks, residential areas, urban areas, administrative centers, etc. to create shade suitable for the landscape. The cool green color of Bang Lang guava cools the hot summer of the Central Highlands climate. In addition, at the museum in the city center of Buon Ma Thuot, there are many precious perennial trees such as this black star tree. Dak Lak Museum simulates the traditional house of the Ede ethnic group.

The number of people downloading and using Bluezone has increased sharply recently, since the new wave of the Covid-19 epidemic broke out in Vietnam. According to information from the Department of Informatization, as of 5pm on May 11, the Bluezone application has surpassed 31.88 million downloads. The number of downloads of Bluezone applications has increased by 131,000 times compared to May 10 and 1.3 million times compared to April 28 – the beginning of the wave. Covid-19 The current. Many people have downloaded and used the Bluezone application when they heard about new developments about the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in Vietnam. The Department of Informatization also said that out of a total of nearly 32 million downloads of Bluezone application, the total number of phone number subscribers has surpassed 20 million. These are encouraging results for epidemic prevention and control in Vietnam, especially when Bluezone is currently one of the five recommended technology solutions to combat the spread of Covid-19. Currently, Da Nang, Hai Duong, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City are the 5 leading localities in the country in terms of the percentage of Bluezone users in terms of the total population. Accordingly, there were 491,000 Bluezone users in Da Nang (accounting for 43.28%). This number in Hai Duong is 676,000 people (accounting for 39.65%) and in Hanoi is more than 3 million people (37.74%). The number of Bluezone users in the remaining provinces in the top 5 are Quang Ninh 470,600 people (accounting for 35.64%) and Ho Chi Minh City 2.8 million people (accounting for 31%). In the opposite direction, the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh, Dak Lak, Nghe An and Dien Bien are ranked at the bottom with a low percentage of Bluezone users, accounting for less than 14% of the total population. Bluezone is currently the most effective technology solution to prevent and combat Covid-19. Bluezone is an application that records contact history, thereby providing early warning and helping to accurately trace people suspected of being infected with Covid-19. The effectiveness of Bluezone has been proven when this application helps health authorities trace thousands of suspected cases of close contact with infected people or new suspected infected people. Notably, 17 positive cases were found thanks to Bluezone during the second outbreak in Hai Duong in January 2021. These are all cases found outside of the trace list by normal epidemiological investigation. The advantage of Bluezone is to help detect early cases of close contact with people infected with (suspected) Covid-19 but do not know or have no symptoms of the disease. Bluezone users will therefore be warned early in case they have ever been in contact with a potential carrier. The use of Bluezone in combination with epidemiological investigation methods will help minimize the number of people who have to be isolated. Instead of thousands of people having to go to quarantine for prevention as before, the number of quarantined people will now be reduced to a minimum. According to experts’ estimates, for Bluezone to be effective, the percentage of users of this application must reach at least 60% of the adult population. In Vietnam, 50 million people install and use Bluezone is enough to effectively protect the whole community. Currently, the number of Bluezone users in Vietnam is still low. Therefore, for the application to be effective, it is necessary to have the cooperation of the whole community through downloading and using Bluezone. Trong Dat How to install Bluezone to help warn people suspected of being infected with Covid-19:

To receive alerts from Bluezone, the first thing to do is to download and install this application.

Link to download Bluezone on Android

Link to download Bluezone on iOS

After installation, users need to grant Bluezone application permission to access memory and Bluetooth connection to receive alerts from the application.

Ms. Trinh Thi Mai from Yen Xa, Hanoi, two weeks ago started selling Dak Lak pink lychee. She said, this is the first fabric of the season that she imported from the Central Highlands to sell to gourmets. “Dak Lak persimmon usually ripens early and yields earlier than other lychees in the country. Usually, this type of fabric will start to ripen from April, until May is the end of the season. Years ago, many people ordered this pink fabric. Every day, I sell weights even though the price is up to 100,000 VND/kg when I go to Hanoi. But this year, the purchasing power dropped sharply even though the price of lychee fell to only 50,000 VND/kg. While at this price last year, customers can only buy loose fruit, without branches, without leaves, “Ms. Mai said. The first fabric of this year’s season is half as cheap as last year This small trader shared, because it is just the beginning of the season, the lychee is not 100% sweet but only about 70% sweet, still a little sour. However, these lychees are still very fresh and delicious. This fabric is therefore still ordered by gourmets to enjoy and housewives to buy offerings on weekdays and full moon days. “The early season lychee is very fresh and sweet, with thick pulp, thin skin, and large, uniform fruits. Because it is beautiful and has a much cheaper price than usual, many customers still order 1-2kg to burn incense. But in general, purchasing power this year is slower than last year because of the Covid-19 epidemic, consumers spend more sparingly. Every day I can only sell about 10-20 kg of lychee,” said Mai. Also a small trader is selling litchi at the beginning of the season, but Ms. Tran Thi Huyen sells hybrid fabrics. Although at the beginning of the season, Huyen sells for only 25,000 VND / kg, 100,000 VND / 4 kg. Huyen said that these are hybrid lychee branches, sweet and sour taste. They are picked at the lychee garden in her hometown, Hung Yen, so they are very fresh. Because it is the fabric of the house, she sells it at a cheaper price than at the market. “Every year, fabric is usually exported to China. But this year, the export market is very quiet, the gardeners are absent from traders who come to deposit to buy. Therefore, the lychee is ripe until it is cut.” Because it is the first type of Northern litchi at the beginning of the season, it has the same cheap price as other popular fruits, so when she sold it online, it attracted the attention of many housewives. Customers often order from 2kg or more to burn incense or taste. “Last year, my family sold lychee at wholesale markets for about 30,000 VND/kg. Selling online, I offer 40,000 VND/kg. Meanwhile, many online shops also sell 50,000-60,000 VND/kg. However, this year the pandemic ended, so I sold it at that price and received a lot of support from many sisters,” Huyen said. According to PV’s observations, on the online market at this time, many small traders sell hybrid fabrics, pink lychee, and egg yolk litchi grown in Quang Ninh and Hung Yen. Because the small traders said, this time there is no lychee. This fabric is about a month away from the main crop. This small trader commented: “Although hybrid lychees and lychees are not as delicious as Bac Giang lychees, their fruits are quite large, round, succulent, and do not have head decay. In particular, the cloth is clean without preservatives, safer than many other fruits.” Before the complicated development of the new Covid-19 epidemic, many lychee sellers also expressed concern that the purchasing power of lychee was low and could not be exported. Despite the large number of customers ordering, the number of customers decreased significantly compared to last year, and in the main season, the price of cloth will surely decrease even more. “Therefore, our family is considering a plan to promote retailing at markets, especially wholesale markets, toad markets and online markets. In addition, try to connect with supermarkets to see if they can push fabrics to sell. Besides, there will also be a plan to dry and store cold to sell gradually”, Ms. Huyen shared.

The number of users downloading Bluezone apps increased sharply According to the Department of Information Technology, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced on May 12, as of 5:00 p.m. on May 11, there were 31.88 million downloads of Bluezone applications across the country. The number of Bluezone application downloads has increased by 131,000 times compared to May 10 and by 1,338 million compared to April 28 – the start of the 4th Covid-19 translation back to Vietnam. Subscriber phone number has also reached over 20 million. Smartphones with Bluezone installed can communicate with each other, recording close contact. When there is a new case where the person’s cell has Bluezone installed, the exposure history will be used to alert people who also have Bluezone installed and have been in close contact with the case. Bluezone can also help warn people on group F2 (close exposure to F1). Bluezone warns if the user has close contact with someone infected with Covad-19, helping to minimize the risk of spreading in the community. Out of a total of nearly 32 million downloads of Bluezone applications across the country, Hanoi, Da Nang, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City are the top 5 provinces / cities in terms of the percentage of Bluezone users in terms of the total population. Accordingly, more than 3 million users downloaded Bluezone in Hanoi (37.74%). This figure in Ho Chi Minh City is nearly 2.8 million (accounting for more than 31%); Hai Duong is more than 676,000 people (accounting for 39.65%) and Da Nang is nearly 491,000 users (accounting for 43.28%). However, there are some localities with low rates of installation such as Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh, Dak Lak, Nghe An, and Dien Bien, accounting for less than 14% of the total population. In the previous session, the Bluezone application also recorded a sharp increase in the number of downloads. In these days, Bluezone is the leading app on download list on both App Store and CH Play app stores in Vietnam. Within a week from January 28 to February 4, Da Nang, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Duong continuously led in the proportion of Bluezone users to the population. Some other provinces have also experienced rapid user growth such as Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Binh Phuoc, Ha Nam, Gia Lai, Hung Yen, Phu Tho, Nam Dinh, Dong Thap. By February 4, 2020, the number of Bluezone downloads reached 28 million, an increase of more than 3 million compared to January 28, 2021, an average increase of about 500 thousand downloads per day. Bluezone application is currently one of the 5 recommended technology solutions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This is a solution that applies Bluetooth low energy technology. Smartphones with Bluezone installed can communicate with each other, recording close contact. Contact history data will be saved only on the user’s mobile device. When there is a new case where the person’s mobile has Bluezone installed, the exposure history is used to alert people who also have Bluezone installed and have had close contact with the case. Bluezone can also help warn people on group F2 (close exposure to F1). Bluezone warns if users have close contact with people infected with Covad-19, helping to reduce the risk of spreading in the community, helping people return to normal lives. Bluezone also has utilities to make it easier for users such as: medical declaration, newsletter, arrival and departure records … It is known that in the last epidemic, Bluezone has traced 735 cases, discovered 4,625 cases of close contact. Among them, more than half are concentrated in Hai Duong. Before that, in the second outbreak, Bluezone has brought into play its support in tracing cases of suspected and infected cases. According to statistics from August 12, 2020 to September 5, 2020, from 72 identified cases to be taken into account (out of a total of 146 cases nationwide), the system has identified 1,920 new cases. close contact with infected cases, suspected cases to supplement the list of traditional traceability by epidemiological investigation …

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam speaking and directing the conference. Photo: Quang Yen.

The number of cooperatives operating exceeded the set target

According to the report, by the end of March 2021, the country had nearly 17,600 agricultural cooperatives and 68 cooperative unions operating in the agricultural sector. Basically completing the target of 15,000 effective agricultural cooperatives assigned by the National Assembly and the Government.

Currently, 56/63 provinces and cities have issued a Resolution of the Provincial People’s Council on policies to encourage production and consumption of agricultural products; 48/63 provinces issued a list of key key products and commodities that need to be encouraged for development; 16/63 provinces have approved projects and joint projects of the province with 359 projects approved. In which there are 271 scientific organizations, 586,585 farmer households, 4,028 agricultural cooperatives participating in association with 1,867 enterprises. Out of more than 4,500 OCOP products, nearly 40% are owned by cooperatives and agricultural cooperatives.

According to statistics, there are 30,026 agricultural production and business farms nationwide, using 35,904 ha of land, 3.1 ha / farm on average; 3.7 employees / farm on average. The farm’s investment capital for production is VND 1,042 billion; average revenue reached 1,478 billion.

By the end of 2020, the country has 165 traditional occupations and 1,951 craft villages and traditional craft villages which have been recognized. The total number of establishments engaged in production and business in the rural industry is over 817,000, creating jobs for over 2.3 million workers, the total revenue from rural activities is over 236,000. billion VND, average income is 4 to 4.5 million VND / person / month.

In recent years, the level of mechanization of agricultural production in some stages has increased, especially for rice production. Targets for agricultural mechanization in some stages by 2020 will increase by 2-8% compared to 2019.

From 2017 to now, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has advised the Government to issue two important documents, namely Decree No. 40/2017 / ND-CP on management of salt production, processing and trading and Decision No. 1325 / QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on August 31, 2020 approving the salt industry development project for the period of 2021-2030. Salt production reaches about 1,350,000 tons, basically meeting the demand for salt in the country. To initially form industrial salt production zones in three provinces of Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan.

However, despite strong changes in both quantity and quality, the scale of revenue and the size of members of the agricultural cooperative remains small. Leadership capacity of cooperatives is still limited.

The implementation of agricultural mechanization still lacks strategy and is not synchronous. Important policies such as investment in supporting infrastructure, especially infrastructure for production and business, land policy and especially credit are still the bottlenecks.

Therefore, at the conference, many opinions said that the key point for cooperative development is human, so it is necessary to pay attention to support and improve the cooperative management capacity for the board of directors and the president of the society. board.

Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam and leaders of Dak Lak province chair the conference.

In addition, delegates also said that relevant ministries should continue to review and complete the legal system, mechanisms and policies on collective economic development, agricultural cooperatives (land, tax, credit). use …), promptly remove difficulties and problems, create conditions for the collective economy and agricultural cooperatives to develop stably.

Especially when the Free Trade Agreements take effect, the issue of product safety, quality and food security; Commodity competition will take place very fierce. With its advantages and potential, economic cooperation through cooperatives and cooperative groups will contribute to increase product value.

Main mission

Speaking at the conclusion of the conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam asked localities to continue developing cooperative economies in the direction of mechanization of production, cooperation in investment in processing technology. to develop agricultural products in the direction of multidisciplinary and multi-occupations, adapting to the market economy, renewing production and business modes, in order to step by step improve the competitiveness of goods.

Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam emphasized that the task in 2021 is to continue perfecting the system of legal documents in violation of the industry law, promoting synchronous mechanization in agricultural production. Develop a rural career development strategy to 2030; Project to develop agricultural cooperatives to respond to climate change; Development of collective economy and cooperatives.

Conference scene. Photo: Quang Yen.

According to Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam, MARD is preparing to issue a circular guiding the functions, powers and tasks of the agricultural sector. Therefore, the organization of the local apparatus, depending on the situation of each locality, is structured and arranged properly, and at the same time, the local Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development advise to develop key programs and plans to help support and develop agricultural cooperatives.

“Currently, the cooperative infrastructure is very weak. Therefore, industries need to have mechanisms to support the development of cooperatives. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has tried to develop cooperative infrastructure for the past time, but it has not been as expected. We will try our best in the New Rural Program and make points in a number of projects ”, emphasized Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.

At the end of the conference, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam launched the 2021 Typical Handicraft Products Contest. Accordingly, the contest will receive works from September to October and summarize the awards at the Craft Village Fair. later.

“Now we must have a new mindset, that is to develop agriculture in the direction of combining multiple professions and associated with rural services. The second trend is that the OCOP Program is very effective, the rural industries are also attached to it, so we have to do research to promote this program. This is the task of the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development to coordinate with localities in building long-term strategies ”, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.