Illustration The famous Ha Long squid cake with delicious taste is hard to compare with anywhere. The process to make the squid balls has a natural yellow color, a strong aroma right from the frying pan, rich sweetness, and fresh toughness. It is impossible to ignore the extremely sophisticated processing, the squid used to make the cake are not big, fresh cuttlefish caught in the waters of Ha Long. After preliminary processing, the squid is put into a mortar and pounded, seasoned with fish sauce and pepper, then molded into bite-sized pieces, dropped into a pan of boiling oil and fried until golden brown on both sides, giving off an attractive aroma. And indeed, once you have tasted Ha Long squid cake, you will never forget the taste. Nowadays, people have many ways to make squid rolls, but to keep that famous delicious taste, only the hand pounded squid cake is still the best. Sam Quang Yen Illustration This child also has a strange name for many people. Sam Quang Yen is one of the very popular Quang Ninh delicacies. Sam meat is fragrant, has a cool sweetness, moderate toughness. To make dishes from Sam, it is always necessary to take a pair of sam (one male and one female) and process them into dishes such as sam soup, sam soup, sam salad, sweet and sour fried sam, grilled sam’s thighs, and spring rolls. Sam, fried sam, sam sam cooked with eggs, sam hot pot… Ha sea Illustration The oyster is shaped like an oyster, but smaller, and has a cooler taste. The way to cook Ha of Quang Ninh people is usually to make tomato sauce (eat it thickly, dip it with raw vegetables, or add it to rice or vermicelli) or cook sour soup (more water, eat it as a soup, suitable for cooking). served with salads and herbs of all kinds. Sometimes chopped, cooked with eggs, added a little fragrant coriander to have a delicious egg dish. Ha can also be used for hot pot dishes, dipping as dipping of all kinds. If you have small children, chop Ha Ha to cook porridge for the children, you will have a bowl of nutritious, sweet and cool porridge. Chicken on Tien Yen hill Illustration. Tien Yen is not only famous for its ancient houses but also known for its specialty “hill chicken”…with the adage: “Mong Cai pig, Dam Ha girl, Tien Yen chicken”. The chicken here has fragrant, sweet and special meat, firm but still crispy, not chewy; You can cook all kinds of dishes, but the most delicious is still boiled chicken. Sa Sung Van Don The specialty of the land of Van Don, Quang Ninh, visitors should probably not ignore and enjoy the famous and delicious samosa dish, Sa worm is a premium specialty that can process a lot of delicious dishes, which is also used as a medicine to increase vitality in men. Illustration The way to prepare dishes from Sa worm is relatively simple, but the most important step is the preliminary processing step. Fresh Sa worm brought home, selected large ones, washed many times to clean the sand. When preliminary processing, turn the intestines out, pay attention to peel off the tiny intestine like a light red blood vein, as small as the tip of a needle, running along the body of the worm. This is the part of the intestine that is also contained inside the sea sand, making it easy to eat when eaten. Sa worms belong to the phylum of angiosperms, which live only in coastal sandy beaches where the high and low tides create sand dunes. They are shaped like a giant colorful worm. When fresh, worms have a length of about 5 -10 cm, and some are up to 15 – 40 cm long. In the waters of Quang Ninh, sa worms are abundant in Hai Ha, Co To, Mong Cai… But big and delicious, they must be mentioned in Minh Chau and Quan Lan islands (Van Don).

Tourists move on Quan Lan island commune. (Source: Quang Ninh Newspaper) 10/4 evening, at Quan Lan island commune , The People’s Committee of Van Don district (Quang Ninh) announced the Decision of the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province to recognize Quan Lan-Minh Chau Tourist Area , Van Don district is the tourist area of ​​the province. According to the plan, two communes on Minh Chau and Quan Lan islands of Van Don district were built to become High-class eco-tourism area , service Tourist Resort high-end. It is expected that the total planned tourist area of ​​these two island communes is over 4,360ha; of which Minh Chau commune is about 724ha, Quan Lan commune is about 3,636ha; Out of this land area, there are 2,750ha of land in Canh Cuoc, Mang island, Sao Ba island, Giai island, Soi Sat island, about 1,610ha of wetland and water surface. Planning orientation of the center of Quan Lan commune is developed into an old quarter with night activities. New houses will be arranged in existing residential areas in the center of two island communes. The area of ​​the main road across the island will give priority to service works associated with commercial and mixed services of high quality. The hilly and mountainous area will take advantage of the views and landscapes to develop high-end resorts. In the coastal area, resort beaches will be developed in association with the protection of Tram forest ecosystem, special-use forest, and mangrove ecosystem. Minh Chau and Quan Lan island communes are located on Quan Lan island, located in the middle of Bai Tu Long bay, associated with the history of Van Don commercial port. The beaches on Quan Lan Island are long, white sand, smooth, and clear blue water differentiate Quan Lan from the northern beaches. As an ancient trading port of Van Don, the island has Quan Lan Lighthouse built by the French in the early 19th century with clusters of relics of communal houses, pagodas and temples. In particular, this sea area has specialties such as rock crabs, sea urchin crabs, sea cucumbers, sea cucumbers, and rare seafood only developed in this sea area. At the announcement ceremony, a number of activities were held: a welcome show, motorbike parade of the Quang Ninh Federation of Motorcycles and Sports Bikes on the road to the two communes of Quan Lan island – Minh Chau. The announcement ceremony is an opportunity to promote the image of the land, people, tourism products of Van Don island district to tourists, domestic and foreign investors, creating a variety of activities to serve guests. playing when visiting tourism in the district; at the same time, raising people’s awareness of the mission of developing tourism products, contributing to building Van Don as a friendly, safe and attractive destination. This is also an activity in response to a chain of events to stimulate tourism in Quang Ninh province and Van Don district in 2021./.

Long Dinh water reservoir has been completed but the water plant system is still in progress, making the islanders still “thirsty” for clean water.

Students in particular and people in general of Quan Lan pearl island, Van Don district, Quang Ninh province “thirst” for clean water.

Thousands of students lack clean water

Up to now, the domestic water source of the people of 2 communes Quan Lan, Minh Chau on Quan Lan island only depends on rain water and well water. In the face of saline intrusion, water resources in many villages of Quan Lan such as Tan Phong, Tan Lap, Yen Hai … are seriously polluted and polluted.

The situation of islanders who are “thirsty” for “hot” water is when the local smokeless industry has developed over the past decade. The tourist peak season is also the time when clean water is scarce. Many restaurants and hotels do not dare to welcome guests due to lack of water.

Mrs. Bui Thi Thi, Tan Phong village, Quan Lan commune shared, her family also has a well but cannot use it. She often has to buy clean water to use. Each block of water costs from 85 to 90 thousand VND depending on the time. Therefore, the monthly money for using clean water is several hundred to million dong. For many years, the clean water factory has not been put into use, people wish to use clean water.

Pham Thi Xuyen from Tan Phong village said that her family currently has 4 people. The house has dug wells for use but the water quality is poor. Family is only used to wash clothes, wash hands and feet. She has to buy water for cooking. Each month of saving use also takes about 5 blocks of water.

Out of 8 villages of Quan Lan commune, only 2 villages ensure clean water. Households use rainwater tanks or dig wells. But most of it is salty or polluted. Many households have wells that cannot be used for eating and drinking … Particularly, Tan Phong village has about 200 households, over 600 people, of which only about 60% of households have storage tanks. Most of them lack fresh water for daily use in the dry season.

It is worth mentioning, more than 1,000 students from 3 levels of education in Quan Lan Island often lack clean water to use. Especially, with preschool when children spend all day on school, water shortage is a problem that the school and locality have been concerned about for many years.

Since 2014, Van Don district has built and renovated Long Dinh water reservoir (Tan Lap village, Quan Lan commune), with a total investment of 109 billion VND, design capacity is about 1 million m3. By 2017, this reservoir has been completed and the main pipeline system across the sea and distribution pipelines to the central points have been completed.

However, the project of a water supply plant and a water distribution system serving the people and tourists on Minh Chau island, Quan Lan on the side of Tham Gia Trade Construction and Investment Joint Stock Company (Company Tham Gia) is not yet completed. Therefore, after 4 years of completing the reservoir, this project has not been able to supply clean water to the people of the island commune.

Mr. Luu Minh Duc – Chairman of Quan Lan Commune People’s Committee, said the lack of clean water for daily life makes all activities of the people limited. At present, Long Dinh reservoir invested by the district has been completed and handed over to Yen Lap Irrigation One Member Limited Company for management.

With the water supply plant project and the clean water distribution system, there are still problems related to the approval of the factory on the location of the land under the management and exploitation of Viglacera Van Hai Company (under Viglacera Corporation, Ministry of Industry and Trade). Build).

Slow because of “overlapping” with Viglacera Van Hai Company

According to the research, the project of a water supply plant and a water distribution system serving the people and tourists on Minh Chau and Quan Lan islands was decided by the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province to invest in 2017 with the scale of capacity. 4,000m3 / day and night.

The project has a total area of ​​over 28 thousand m2, total investment of 30 billion VND includes: Water supply plant located in Nam Hai village, Minh Chau commune; the water supply pipeline is located in Minh Chau and Quan Lan communes. Up to now, the cluster of key projects, siphons and irrigation water supply systems have been completed. Particularly, the domestic water supply system is in progress.

According to the People’s Committee of Van Don district, the domestic water supply project invested by Tham Gia Company has completed the installation of a water pipeline from the water supply plant to Minh Chau and Quan Lan communes. The company has signed a contract to buy and import all synchronous equipment of the factory together with the equipment installation. However, Tham Gia Company has not been able to build water supply plant items because the plant is located within the boundary of the mineral exploitation license of Viglacera Van Hai Company.

Facing the above situation, on October 1, 2020, the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province reviewed the report of the General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam – Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the closed area of ​​the mine. Return a part of the Van Hai sand mining area of ​​Viglacera Van Hai Company, including the construction of the water plant mentioned above.

On March 18, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued Decision No. 464 / QD-BTNMT approving the mine closure project. Return a part of the white sand mining area at Van Hai sand mine of Viglacera Van Hai Company.

Parallel to the proposal to close a part of the area for the implementation of the water supply plant, the Management Board of Van Don Economic Zone has worked with the investor, Tham Gia Company, to focus on resources for construction. so that June 2021 can put the factory into operation.

Mr. Tham Hong Son, director of Tham Gia Company, said that the water treatment plant project has just been “untied”. The company will execute the rest of the work. By the system, synchronous equipment has been made waiting only when the company is present to install it. Regarding the project progress, Mr. Son affirmed that by June, the factory will be put into operation to serve the people on the island.