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.

Lak Lake is located on Lien Son town, next to the traffic route between Buon Ma Thuot and Da Lat, about 56 km south of Buon Ma Thuot city along Highway 27. The lake is about 5 square kilometers wide. The lake is surrounded by high mountains, so the lake’s water is always calm and there are large primeval forests with rich flora and fauna. Around the lake, there are also historical architectures such as the palace of Emperor Bao Dai, the long house of the M’Nong people. Many traditional long houses are preserved here, besides, many new modern style houses are also built to serve visitors. Tourists come here not only to visit Lak Lake but also enjoy the cultural features of the Central Highlands such as fire dance, seasonal dance, gong performance, silk silk, k’long put, rock flock, elephant riding or boating. walking alone on the lake or crossing the lake. Currently, there are only about a dozen elephants left on the shores of Lak Lake to serve tourists. The elephants here are all caught from the forest since childhood. Up to now, there is an elephant that is 30-40 years old. The youngest child is also 29-30 years old. In the past, many tourists came to Lak Lake to experience the lakeside elephant riding service, however, recently, with the call for animal protection, many people are not interested in elephant riding anymore. According to the elephant manager in Lak Lake, a male elephant can weigh from 4 to 8 tons. Female elephants are smaller. Male elephants have tusks, female elephants only have fangs, very small. Currently, in Lak Lake, the elephant Y Kham Sen has the longest tusks, but only one side. The name Y Kham Sen means “golden child, gambler”. Normally, elephants are fed grass, sugar cane, vegetables, stems and bananas. Each child can eat tons of vegetables and fruits every day. If serving tourists riding elephants, a trip for two people, about 15 minutes, will cost 300,000 VND. The sun and wind of the Central Highlands this season is also a memorable experience for everyone who comes here. However, recently, not many people are interested in riding elephants, because the campaign calls for animal protection. In addition to activities by Lak lake, visitors can visit Buon Bip waterfall, a wild stone stream next to romantic coffee and rice fields.

Located in Yang Tao commune (Lak district), the city center. About 40 km in Buon Ma Thuot along National Highway 27, the Yang-Tao Elephant stone consisting of a pair of Elephant Cha rocks and a Mother Elephant rock appears standing in the midst of thousands of mountains and forests in the Central Highlands, bringing in the thrilling and mysterious legends. . According to the anecdotes of the ancient people, the stone Mother Elephant, after many times of moving, approached the foot of the mountain. From the ground, it only takes about 15 minutes to reach the highest peak of the rock by climbing over gentle slopes. The color and curving lines of the rock are reminiscent of the back of a giant elephant lying in the green of the mountains. From the top of Mother Elephant rock, you can observe many landscapes in the area such as Yang Reh Lake and Chu Yang Sin Range – the roof of the Central Highlands The slope of the back “Mother Elephant” makes visitors be cautious when moving. It is the people M ‘Nong who has lived for a long time in Yang-Tao do not know when the elephant stone pair existed. But they believe that the rocky mountain is like a sacred god, always protecting the village, protecting a peaceful and peaceful life. Tourists crept every meter to move down to the foot of the mountain after visiting, check-in on the back of “Mother Elephant Stone”. Today, the pair of rocky mountains attracts visitors not only by mysterious legends but also by the wild and peaceful scenery. If standing on top of “Mother Elephant Stone”, you can observe Yang Reh Lake and Chu Yang Sin Range – the roof of the Central Highlands. Standing on “Cha Elephant Stone”, you can see the vast Yang Tao field, enjoy the typical sunshine and wind of the Central Highlands.

Illustration. The Ministry of Transport has just sent an official letter No. 3327 / BGTVT – CQLXD to the Lam Dong Department of Transport, requesting this unit to speed up the implementation of the 27 Highway Project, the Lien Khuong bypass. Accordingly, the Ministry of Transport requires the Department of Transport of Lam Dong to actively coordinate with the local Site Clearance Council (site clearance) to quickly resolve the difficulties and problems in site clearance work; speed up the construction procedures for the construction of the resettlement area to arrange for households, hand over the entire site to the project before April 30, 2021, organize the construction to meet the required schedule. . Lam Dong Department of Transport is also urgently requested to direct the Project Management Board, the Consultant and the Contractor to strictly control the quality of materials gathered, used at the site, and resolutely remove materials that do not meet the requirements. bridge; strengthening construction quality management to comply with project technical instructions; perform the pre-acceptance test and make payment according to regulations. At the same time, direct the contractor to be proactive, increase the mobilization of machinery, equipment, human resources, materials and materials to speed up the construction progress for the positions with available premises, organize overtime. , increase crew for construction to compensate for the slow progress. For the positions that have the conditions for construction ground, Lam Dong Department of Transport instructs the contractor and related units to focus on completing the completion of each item, each section of the route has been handed over. by, controlling construction to ensure quality, progress, traffic safety, labor safety, and environmental sanitation according to requirements, meeting project progress. In case the locality cannot hand over the entire site according to the set schedule, the Lam Dong Department of Transport and related units will urgently organize the construction of completion of the work items at the locations that have been handed over. by the approved design, report to the Ministry of Transport before May 30, 2021 to consider allowing the determination of technical stops and hand over the status quo of the positions still facing the ground to the local management. “The Ministry of Transport will report to the Prime Minister on the difficulties and problems related to the site clearance, so it has not completed disbursement under the Prime Minister’s direction and will consider investing in construction and completion. the road sections still have problems with the ground when appropriate funding sources are available ”, stated the dispatch of the Ministry of Transport. Highway 27 project, Lien Khuong bypass is a project with a small investment capital scale (about 121 billion VND according to the initial investment decision and 235 billion VND after the adjustment) but it can be classified in the group. projects with the most “rubber” construction period in the transport infrastructure sector. It is known that, on the basis of the proposal of the People’s Committee of Lam Dong province, in 2008, the Ministry of Transport issued Decision No. 1051 / QD – BGTVT approving the Project of Highway 27, avoiding Lien Khuong airport, using main bond capital. and assigned to Lam Dong Department of Transport as an investor. According to the original plan, Lam Dong Department of Transport will have to complete 2 construction and installation packages of the Project after 24 months of construction (2010). However, due to the transportation work, there are many problems and the capital arrangement for Highway 27 project, the section to avoid Lien Khuong airport is too scattered and fragmented (2009: 10 billion VND, 2010: 10 billion VND, 2011 : 10 billion VND, 2012: 14 billion VND) so this work was constantly out of breath, failed to meet the set progress and was forced to stop and extend the construction progress from 2012. At the time of starting to extend progress, Package 02 (construction and installation of the flyover and 4 branches intersecting with Lien Khuong highway – Da Lat) has just completed 2 abutments, 2/3 pillars and two-span girder installation. record. Package No. 01 (construction of 6 km of road) has not been executed yet. Due to the important role of the project and at the request of the locality, in January 2019, the Ministry of Transport approved the adjustment of the 27th Highway Lien Khuong bypass project and prioritized it to be included in the list of 14 traffic projects. The most urgent matter is decided by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly to approve the plan to use VND 15,000 billion from the contingency capital of the medium-term public investment plan with state budget capital in the 2016-2020 period. After this adjustment, in addition to the total project investment increased twice; The work completion progress is also extended to the end of December 2020. Although sufficient capital has been allocated to restart the project, but by November 2020), the volume value of Package 01 has only reached about 10.5 billion (reaching 16% of the contract value). Due to the slow clearance work, especially the construction of the resettlement area to arrange for about 40 households to be resettled, many procedures have not been completed, so the Ministry of Transport is forced to extend the progress. to April 30, 2021. However, according to the report of Lam Dong Department of Transport and field inspection results on April 10, 2021, there are still 26 households (0.8km) on the route that have not yet handed over the site and about 0, 8km has handed over the site but cannot approach the project for construction due to problems at the beginning of the route which have not been handed over the site; The project must arrange resettlement for 40 households, Duc Trong District People’s Committee is currently preparing construction drawing design documents to implement and hand over the resettlement rate. Currently, Lam Dong province has started in the rainy season, so in case the volume of the problem is not handed over early to the contractor to speed up the construction progress, the completion of the project will not be guaranteed. judgment according to the required progress. On the other hand, the project uses the medium-term excess capital in the 2016-2020 period, so it must be fully disbursed in 2021, otherwise the project is not zoned to transfer capital to other projects to meet the disbursement schedule. in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister.