(Photo: Pandotrip) Normally, Horsetail is a small and dry waterfall because its water is the amount of melted snow flowing down from the top of El Capitan rocky mountain, so little that visitors do not notice, until the phenomenon of Fire Falls appears. If you want to admire this amazing beauty, you have to be at the right time, not at any time. (Photo: Gary Hart) Every year, in just about 2 weeks, from mid-February to early March, when the sun sets, the light shines down on Horsetail waterfall making it glow red, orange and yellow as unique as the name Fire Falls. It is also unique in that during those 2 weeks, Firefall does not happen every day, so people talk to each other, only the “lucky” people can meet. According to Amusing Planet, in order to form Fire Falls, several conditions must be present simultaneously. The first is that the waterfall must be flowing, which means it needs to be warm enough to melt the snow and ice, the falls’ only source of water. (Photo: Stephanie Hager) The second condition is that the western sky must be real during sunset, with no clouds, rain or snow that would block the sunlight on its way to the waterfall. Photographer Michael Frye, author of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite says: Horsetail Falls is so amazing that I don’t know of any other waterfall on Earth that can have this light “. (Photo: The LIFE Picture Collection) The beautiful sight at Fire Falls is known to more tourists by sharing pictures on the media. Every year, many tourists and photographers flock here to admire this incredible beauty. The most convenient and frequent place to see the Fire Falls phenomenon is at the El Capitan picnic area. At the end of February, you’ll often find a host of photographers of all levels waiting there to capture the last rays of evening at Horsetail. (Photo: Heyengel) (Photo: Heyengel) (Photo: Steve Corey) (Photo: John Krzesinski)

When having a good soil environment for plants, plant care is also very important, mainly fertilizing and pruning. Fertilization, it is necessary to follow the rhythm of the tree’s life. For example, a newly planted tree, its life cycle is the bursts of buds (buds). As for fruit trees, the tree’s life rhythm is: harvesting, creating buds, flowering and raising fruit. The following is the plant care process Dr. Tran Kim Tinh, lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture and Applied Biology – Can Tho University, introduces it to readers for reference. Plant ground cover grass. Photo: Minh Dam. First, plant ground cover grass. Keep the water in the ditch 50-60 cm above the ground. Sprinkler irrigation (small rays) or permeable irrigation. Post-harvest pruning of fruit trees. The tree is still small, after each bud, needs to be pruned, created a canopy and only produces 3-4 buds in a year. In terms of fertilizer use, organic fertilizers must be applied annually and only when needed to produce sprouts for seedlings. For fruit trees, fertilize when creating buds to use high nitrogen. When the tree is in the stage of growing young fruit, it reduces nitrogen and increases potassium. As fruit trees grow, farmers should further reduce nitrogen and increase potassium. Farmers should fertilize plants with organic fertilizer every year. (In the photo: Compost production at Clean Farm Company). Photo: Minh Dam. Common mistakes in farming Currently, on land crops, there are too many errors in soil preparation for planting and crop care. The prerequisite is to have the right soil physical environment for plant roots to develop. A lot of gardens, the preparation and management of the land is not right. Errors such as soil compaction are very common in all provinces. This leads to vegetable plants not growing evenly, corn not developing roots, orange orchards yellowing leaves, sleeping during the day. The structure of the soil (clump of soil) is not suitable, the lump of soil is too big for the roots to develop. Soil is compacted, reducing permeability. Keep water too high in the orchard. Use soil that is too acidic to grow fruit trees. Converting rice land to grow fruit trees, but there is no way to prepare the land properly. Improper watering. Planting trees buried roots too deep. Too much nitrogen fertilizer and foliar spray have too many growth stimulants, making the canopy unbalanced with the roots, the tree sleeps during the day. The soil structure must be suitable for the plant. Photo: Minh Dam. In farming there are mistakes, which can be easily remedied. For example, over-fertilizing nitrogen, spraying foliar fertilizers, but there are many errors in cultivation, which are difficult to overcome or even impossible to overcome, but must be cut down to replant. For example, in rice farming, farmers are advised to withdraw water mid-season, or to withdraw water several times in a crop. If farmers withdraw water by draining water from the field, this is a very dangerous practice. Because of doing so, the rice soil becomes acidic very quickly. Instead of recommending water withdrawal, it must be recommended to squeeze the water. That means adjusting the amount of watering so that by that point the field becomes dry. For upland crops, soil compaction is very dangerous, because when the soil is compacted, it is very difficult to overcome. The pH must be right One thing to be concerned about, the soil pH in the Mekong Delta is now seriously declining and depleted of potassium. Plants cannot absorb nutrients effectively when the pH is not raised to 6-6.5. Due to the serious decrease in organic matter in rice soil, when flooded, it is not possible to raise the pH. There are still many shortcomings in rice cultivation, when it comes to soil, that need to be studied. Soils in the Mekong Delta are seriously lacking in potassium and need to be supplemented with potassium, especially in the fruiting stage. Photo: Minh Dam. It is not enough, soil pH must be suitable and nutrients for plants must be sufficient in quantity and type. It has been shown in science that the mineral nutrients for plants must be sufficient in type (14 types) and in quantity, if one of the 14 types is lacking, the crop yield will decrease, even though 13 types The rest are high. In order for plants to absorb nutrients well, the pH of the soil must be suitable, preferably 6-6.5. Below pH 6, absorption of some nutrients is difficult and when the pH drops to 4-5, nutrient absorption is severely reduced. No plants grow normally under low pH and high pH conditions. For example, the pineapple tree can grow on acidic soil, but it is not normal. For sustainable farming, the following criteria should be considered and trained for farmers: Technical level of farmers, organic content in soil, soil pH in profile, soil texture, soil structure in analysis. area, irrigation capacity, drainage, fertilizer application process. Currently, there are still many issues that need to be studied to determine the soil properties that need to be addressed. The ecological characteristics need to be analyzed thoroughly, for ecological zoning. Minh Dam – Ngoc Thang ( write the)

Khum Bridge is located in the east of Yen village (Thach Xa Commune, Thach That, Hanoi City) adjacent to the Thach Xa – Huu Bang inter-commune road. In the past, the bridge spanned a stream flowing from Huong Ngai, Canh Nau, Dong Bui to Tich River, the water rushing all year round. Now people have adjusted the flow to make a large fish pond, and the bridge is also less crowded. Although, the bridge is no longer used for travel as before, but this is a spiritual place for people around the region in particular and throughout Hanoi in general. The bridge is designed in the form of “upper family, lower house”, meaning the upper is the house, the lower is the bridge. That’s why the people in the village gave this bridge the name Khum Bridge, which looks like an upside down bamboo boat from afar. When talking about the longevity of the bridge, the village elders all shook their heads, because they were born with this bridge. Only know that born in 1935, the bridge was badly damaged and was rebuilt by the people in the village as it is today. Mr. Do Duc Long (70 years old, Yen village, Thach Xa commune, Thach That district, Hanoi) a member of the Management Board of Yen village’s communal house and temple relics shared: “The bridge has the characteristic that the upper is the house, the lower is the bottom. is a bridge for water to flow through, so it is called upper house, lower house. The bridge is shaped like an upside down boat, so there is a verse: Crouching on the shrimp’s back / Squeezing the scales / Water flows through / Swallowing people in and releasing people. Now, this address has become a spiritual place, people often come to pray for health and fortune. In the past, Khum Bridge was the main way for people in the village. All production and living activities pass through this way. Later, people’s lives were more developed, and vehicles began to travel. When they felt that the road was no longer suitable, they began to build outside roads. The part on the bridge deck is built like the architecture of a house. The middle space is planned to be an altar with a set of 6-leaf door panels, the two sides are left empty to make a wooden stall that can be used as a place to rest. Thuong Gia’s house is made of wood, with 2 rows of female columns and 2 rows of military columns. The because of the connection by rafter, with momentum connecting 2 tops of the rafter, armpit beams connect the main column with the child column. The two sides of the middle compartment are sealed to make an altar to worship Quan Than Linh, the two borders are left empty to make wooden stalls. The architecture inside the temple is made of wood, roofed with tiles from ancient times, the Upper part is over 12m long, divided into 5 compartments. Inside the temple, there is also a place for the villagers and the guardians of the temple to sit and rest. The bridge over the flowing water leads to Dong Hoa Temple, both a bridge and a place of worship for the people of Yen village. The fish-scale tile roof of Khum bridge. The entire wall is built of ancient laterite. According to people here, the bridge was repaired in the year of the Pig 1935, in which the lower part of the country was completely redone. In 1948, the French invaders swept over, burned the bridge, the villagers came to put out the fire to save it, the dark gray burns remain to this day. Every day, especially on the full moon day, the first day, people around the area come to burn incense to pray for good luck.

– My children, my kids … – There was a woman rushing to the gate of a burning house, screaming lost her voice and then collapsed.

The three-storey house, with a fairly solid door system, right now, smoke and fire are gushing out from the windows.

Suddenly a young man slipped past everyone, quickly climbed the fence, broke into a 3-storey house, neighbors looked up at the encouragement: “Mommy … fighting …”. Fire smoke is still hazy, the taps are still pouring. Germs see fire burning in the face, dark smoke. Regardless, Mam still aggressively ran up the stairs. When she reached the third floor, she kicked the door of the room where she was crying, rushing in.

She was about 7 or 8 years old, shaking, crying, rubbing her eyes with her hand. Quickly cut, Germ ran back, grabbed her tightly, then turned down the fire and smoke. While running, because of the haze, Mam accidentally bumped into an iron door that was heated by the fire, and her flesh burned. When she got outside, just put her down, she fell down and lost consciousness.

The person who took Mam to the hospital was Vuong, the police of the Phuc Xuan street area. Seeing Mam lying motionless on the emergency bed, her flesh smudged with smoke, the burns were red, and the skin that was wrinkled looked pitiful. Mam’s chest rose and fell, sometimes light and irregular, he must be having a hard time breathing, suddenly in Vuong a surge of pity. For Vuong, acting bravely, despite the danger of rushing into the fire to save people is a great surprise. Vuong could not explain, a person who was always taciturn like M was committed like that.

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The woman who was the mother of the child who had just been rescued by Mam went into the emergency room, she knelt at her feet, trembling:

– My mother and daughter have been grateful for a lifetime.

At the same time, Mr. Man’s father Man panicked and ran into:

– Baby … Are you okay …

Vuong comforted Mr. Man:

– Probably okay, man.

At this time, Vuong’s heart was filled with mixed thoughts. The image of Sam more than half a year ago when he arrived at the ward police station to submit the papers to the re-education camp appeared once again in front of Vuong’s eyes …

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Germ said, not speaking but pleading:

– I will do it again … Yes, I promise I will do it again … just ask for one thing … don’t tell anyone I was in jail, especially my dad …

Vuong, the area police of Phuc Xuan street, looked at Mam with serious eyes:

– We believe in your promise for the time being, and will not inform who you have to go to prison yet … But anyway I have to tell you, you just came back from darkness, then live so that you don’t get smeared. . Be an honest person.

Saying that, but in fact Vuong couldn’t believe it. Many people who make mistakes when they get out of prison have promised to become kind people, but among them, many “horse used to the old way” broke the law. But anyway, he refused to say that it was acceptable for him to go to jail. Maybe he feels ashamed, and ashamed for his mistakes. Maybe letting no one know his guilt will make him live better. The point is to watch closely, and if there is anything to help him pay his salary, he must be ready to do it.

Leaving the ward police headquarters, Mam waited until the street lights along Phuc Xuan street came on and went home. Mr. Man opened his mouth, rolled his eyes, when he saw that his son had been missing for more than three years, now suddenly present in front of him. His body was shaking, his hands and feet were worn out, and it took him a long time before he could speak:

– Germ … is it Germ?

Drowsiness and motionlessness. Only tears flowed faintly on his face. At night during the dinner, Mam told her father:

– Your story for the past few years is long and not good, so you should never ask me, where did you go in the past few years, what did you do. – Then Frightened: – If only once, I ask about it, I will leave again, but this time I went.

Mr. Man stammered:

– Yeah! … I didn’t ask … I never asked.

Mr. Man sighed. I heard the sigh of my father, but my heart felt iron.

In the 12th grade, she often dropped out of school, dunked into the bar, smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, then became addicted to gambling, especially football betting … She kept slipping down the path that had no way out. .

Everyday, Mr. Man pushes the pedicab away from early morning. He went to the station to stop at Song market, whoever rented something would carry it. Just struggling, sunny days as well as rainy days, not much income. Mr. Man was reserved, worked hard, and could do whatever money he could to nurture and take care of Mam. I am asking for money for school, asking for money to contribute to the school, class, or other miscellaneous, Mr. Man has all responded. He did not expect that these amounts, Sam were burned into the restaurant, or betting football …

More and more the pleasures increasingly wrapped Mam. You must have money for whatever you play. She also knows that her father makes money by riding a pedicab so he doesn’t have much money. I always lie to ask for money until my father has money left! Want to play must have money. Want money to make money. At the right time, Binh, a friend in a gang, invited Mam to go to the border to work as a hired laborer. She did not think much, clicked her tongue, hid her father, and dropped out of school to follow Binh.

Three days, he did not see the son of Mr. Man as someone who lost his soul. Where does it go? With whom? What? Or where did it die in an accident. Where are you baby? I have only one child. The day the mother gives birth is also the day the child is orphaned. In front of the mother’s grave, I promised to stay there to raise my children … I have grown up, but my instinct tells me that I am not yet wise … One year, two years, three years … waiting for me, tears are gone. Mr. Man is like a shadow every day. On the occasion of the spring festival, when the New Year comes, when people are gathered together, tears are still flowing out of his eyes. He thought bitterly that, for him, with his house, there might never be spring.

He had intended to place the altar to worship it, but he thought he knew how to make it in detail, it couldn’t be helped.

Sam was introduced to another friend by Binh. This guy introduced Germ to his big brother. After watching his face, looking at his physical strength, that singer accepted Mam as a ten thousand.

The trips of smuggling goods from the other side of the border are both arduous and arduous and very adventurous and risky. Not only evading the strict supervision and inspection of the Border Guard, the Market Control force, but also have to deal with the thieves and robbers in border areas. However, it was more interesting to Sam, and more excited, he made quite a bit of money. With a lot of money, she was satisfied with her hobbies, alcohol, gambling. When she was a teenager, she added a game of fun with the children, increasing her excitement.

During a run and chase of the Border Guards, Mam used a support tool to fight back fiercely. In the end, Mam was knocked down and had to pay the price for the crime with a three-year prison sentence.

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Phuc Xuan Street, the area in charge of Vuong, is an average neighborhood in terms of both area and population. Yet, there was a time when Phuc Xuan became a “hot spot” of the city. Drugs, theft, gambling are sneaky, fighting at each other, hiring and hiring, causing disorder and security publicity and often. Ward police have had many plans to restore order.

The best option, proposed by Captain Vuong, Phuc Xuan Street Area Police to Lieutenant Colonel Khang, the ward police chief, is to touch the subjects from their own families, to do so must be closely coordinated. close to political organizations of the neighborhood, such as Branches, Fronts, Women, Youth Union, and Veterans.

For many days, Vuong and Uncle Sanh, the Head of the Residential Division, Uncle Nam, the Secretary of the Street City, together review and classify the subjects, then go down the area, go into each house, from campaigning, to persuading. , combining both flexibility and toughness. Gradually order and security were positive.

Outstanding cases such as drugs, theft, gambling, rental debt collection, are gradually decreasing. With the subjects returning to their localities from prison, Vuong always closely followed and helped them mentally, stabilized their thoughts, mobilized the streets to create favorable conditions for them to do business, have income, and have no time. idle time to play bawdy and lame.

With Mầm, it is almost an exception. She wanted to keep her past hidden, even from her biological father. At first, Vuong intended to take the case of Mam to the street, for everyone to supervise. After many nights of thinking and consulting with Lieutenant Colonel Khang, Vuong finally decided to respect Mam’s opinions and aspirations, because Vuong thinks that people still think about their “dignity” when they think about their “dignity”.

In the early days, Mam once asked Vuong:

– Out of prison, no job, what do you know to do to live here?

To tell Vuong, that question of Mam was difficult. Know which job he is suitable for? Is it possible to make a supplement? How about loading and unloading? That day, Vuong abandoned the question without answering Mam. But a few days later, when consulting with the leader of the street group, he met Sam:

– Can you ride a motorbike taxi?

Concerned for a moment, then said:

– Yes! I can do it.

Vuong again said:

– The environment is complicated. Easy to stumble …

Vuong didn’t finish speaking, and Mam hurriedly said:

– Believe me.

– Yes! I believe you.

Vuong kept a close watch on him, and in addition to himself, Vuong asked many people to quietly observe him. Of course, for a year, Vuong never heard anyone complaining about Mam. Even the hands of “brothers and sisters” in the motorbike parking lot also said: “It does not fight, robs customers, does not force or threatens to make money, it even gives customers to us”. Once again, by chance Vuong met Mam in Ho May Xay. Seeing his expression getting better, Vuong asked:

– What’s that pho?

She boasted cheerfully:

– Today I drove two Western kids to Tam Coc, I worked as a tour guide.

Vuong was surprised:

– You know English?

– Yes! From the day I got back, I taught myself online, my hometown is a tourist destination, so English is very important. Now I work as a guide, Tay loves it, it gives me an extra 50 dollars.

Once, Vuong saw that a couple was very luxurious, took a car to the ward police office to meet him to ask about Mam. At first, Vuong was a bit hesitant, or was it that Mam was causing something. But all of Vuong’s concerns were immediately answered. It turned out that the couple came to find Mam’s house to thank and give thanks.

Not that that afternoon, on the bus ride, by accident, Mam discovered a student lying on the side of the road. Thought it was sunny, the boy came home from school and rested under a tree, and she had been driving for a long time, but it seemed like her instinct told him something was wrong. Germ immediately turned the car back. The boy lay unconscious, breathing heavily, and his skin was pale. The boy had a crush, and without hesitation, she asked someone to stop watching, picked him up, hugged him behind, and drove to the nearby clinic.

Then Mam stayed there, waiting for the boy to be resuscitated. When the boy’s parents go to Mam. The couple told Vuong that at first they were so frantic that they did not know who Mam was, and did not know that Mam was the one who took their children to the infirmary. Only after regaining consciousness, the nurses here said again, they knew it was a motorbike taxi driver. When they searched and asked for a long time, they found out that the person with the motorcycle’s name was Mam in Phuc Xuan street.

In mind, Vuong was very happy. Germ has escaped the darkness. He is slowly rebuilding his life step by step. But at no time Vuong is subjective, he is still every day every week, observing, caring about Sam as if he cared about a brother of his own.

Vuong realizes that, Mum gives up all the pleasures and pleasures that lead to the most extreme years of a person’s life. She told her father to buy a motorbike to practice motorbike taxi. Actually, Mam has made progress. He did not associate with bad guys, did not fight and undermined the security of the residential area. No one complained of people in the street, reflecting any negative of Mam.

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At this time, after the fire on Phuc Xuan street, in the hospital watching the doctors treat the burns on her body, Vuong saw that she sometimes twitched, her limbs twitching, probably because of too much pain. . After more than an hour, the wound was bandaged. Vuong and some villagers in Phuc Xuan street took Mam to the patient’s room. Lying on a stretcher, Mam quietly asked Vuong:

– Is the baby burned?

Vuong told Mam to rest assured, she did not build anything. Hearing that, a smile suddenly appeared on Mam’s thick, dry lips. Happy and satisfied smile. As for Vuong, when looking at that smile, he suddenly realized that spring seemed to be returning to Mam. A happy ending for the Mam family and the whole society. The re-education camp has been the land to successfully bend a tree for life.

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