The British put flowers to commemorate Prince Philip Many people in London come in front of Buckingham Palace gate to place flowers to commemorate Prince Philip. Queen Elizabeth II’s husband passed away on April 9, at the age of 99. On the afternoon of April 9 (local time), Buckingham Palace hung the announcement of Prince Phiplip’s departure. The prince’s funeral will not be held at the national level. However, the prince himself is said to not want a noisy funeral, according to NBC News. Photo: Reuters. The people gathered outside Buckingham Palace after the palace announced the death of the prince. The royal family said that Queen Elizabeth II was considering a plan to hold a funeral for her husband, following government guidelines amid the Covid-19 epidemic. Accordingly, she had to decide which family members were allowed to attend Prince Philip’s funeral. Grandmothers and children will also have to wear a mask and stand 2 meters away. Photo: Reuters. People also gathered outside Windsor palace to mourn Prince Philip. The prince’s coffin will be housed in Windsor Castle, before being taken to St. Basilica. George to the funeral. Photo: Reuters. The people placed flowers and prayed in front of Buckingham Palace in memory of Prince Philip. The UK Government Office urges the public not to over-congregate at the palaces, and to continue to follow advice to preserve public health, especially to avoid crowds and to restrict travel. Photo: Reuters. A resident prayed outside of Windsor Castle, near London. From 6pm on April 9 (local time), Westminster Abbey in London started ringing the bell once a minute, a total of 99 times. Photo: Reuters. Some people who love Prince Philip could not hold back tears after the announcement of his death. Photo: Reuters. Athletes at a racecourse in Liverpool spend a minute in remembrance after the Buckingham Palace announcement. Many television stations adjusted their broadcast plans, to broadcast the national anthem following the official announcement of Prince Philip’s departure. Photo: Reuters. The British flag is lowered on the Victoria Tower, part of the British Parliament building, in London. Photo: Reuters. Candles and flowers were placed in front of palaces in tribute to Prince Philip. His funeral is expected to take place after more than a week. Current anti-epidemic regulations in the UK only allow no more than 30 people to attend funerals. Photo: Reuters.

The blooming forest flowers along the Ta Ma stream attracted many tourists to visit Recently, hundreds of ancient forest sites that naturally grow beside Ta Ma stream more than 1 km long flowing through Ha Ri village suddenly bloom with bunches of yellow, orange and red flowers covering the canopy, creating a frame. beautiful scene. Thanks to that, the peaceful village has become unusually bustling when there are thousands to tens of thousands of tourists every day flocking to see the flowers of the forest. Many groups of tourists come to Ta Ma stream to visit, organize meals and litter indiscriminately In order to ensure the environmental sanitation for this emerging tourist destination, the local government has put up many warning signs with the contents: “No littering”, “Say no to littering indiscriminately”, “Do not throw garbage public places “… along Ta Ma stream. However, after each day when tourists leave, the Ta Ma stream area is littered with domestic waste, such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, food containers, beer cans, soft drink cans … Not only organizing food, many groups of tourists also group the kitchen and grill food, making Ta Ma stream area potentially more at risk of forest fire. Not only that, many groups of tourists also group the kitchen, grill food near the trees of the forest and other ancient trees. Fire from the grill has burned many stems, flowers and leaves, seriously affecting the environmental landscape around the Ta Ma stream and potentially many forest fires. Mr. Nguyen Hong Quang, Chairman of Vinh Hiep Commune People’s Committee, said that the current number of tourists visiting Ta Ma stream is too crowded, with the peak on weekends up to tens of thousands of people. Therefore, the local government has encountered many difficulties in maintaining security and order, protecting the natural environment. The people and youth union members of Vinh Hiep commune often have to clean up garbage caused by tourists indiscriminately “In order to keep the environment and clean water sources for Ta Ma stream, we have mobilized the force of youth union officials and union members in the commune to regularly clean up the environment, and at the same time propagate to tourists to improve. awareness of keeping the general hygiene, protecting the landscape At the same time, encouraging tourists not to light fires, limiting bringing fresh food to the stream area However, due to too many tourists, many people lack Consciousness makes it difficult to completely eliminate the above problems “- Mr. Quang said. The following are pictures of youth union members and people of Vinh Hiep commune “fighting themselves” to collect rubbish at Ta Ma stream tourist site, due to many tourists visiting indiscriminately: