Female scientist – Dr. Lu Thi Ngan (born 1983), working at the Department of Biology, Vietnam Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology is a female scientist of Thai ethnicity, born and raised in a highland district in western Nghe An . Since childhood, she has been associated with the farming life and nature. Maybe that’s why her love for forests and trees has existed for a long time. Dr. Lu Thi Ngan on a trip to find ferns in Pu Luong, Thanh Hoa Dr. Lu Thi Ngan “In the past, when I was a child, I ate sticky rice every day, so I was very healthy. In the early morning, I often followed my grandfather, my mother went to the forest. Everyone worked in the fields, and I sat next to the fields and waited until dark to return to the village. That day, I couldn’t speak Kinh fluently.” She added, fortunately when she was in high school, she was sent to study at the Central Ethnic Minority Boarding School located in Thai Nguyen. Her love for nature is infiltrated in her blood, so she is particularly interested in Biology and won the National Encouragement Prize for excellent students. Entering university, Dr. chose the Faculty of Biology, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi and went to work at the Vietnam Museum of Nature upon graduation. Here, she decided to choose to study ferns, a small group of plants that are not of much interest. Dr. Lu Thi Ngan said that not only has no scent, no color, no flowers, fruits, and ferns, it is also a very difficult industry to study because the morphological characteristics change a lot, many features require a new magnifying glass and microscope observed, moreover, for this industry, there are very few researches in our country, so there is a lack of databases for reference. That’s not to mention, except for a few species of ferns that grow wild on the street that we often see, most of the unknown ferns grow in high mountainous areas, rugged limestone mountains. “But I still love ferns, because they have a fragile beauty with a hidden vitality,” she asserts. The “terrible” values Dr. Lu Thi Ngan said that although there is no fragrance, no color, no flowers or fruit, the fern brings values ​​that many people cannot imagine. Dr. Lu Thi Ngan on a field trip. Ferns are a group that plays a very important role in evolution and biodiversity because they are widely distributed and occupy many habitats. “This is the second largest group of vascular plants and one of the first terrestrial plants to appear, about 300-400 million years ago,” she said. In addition, ferns have many uses in everyday life. Few people know that ferns are a source of food containing a lot of nutrients. Some species of ferns such as bud, bubble, cow’s hoof… are valuable and nutritious food sources. The berries of some ferns can also be eaten to combat thirst. Many species of ferns can be used for ornamental or decorative purposes, and even the fibers of the fern can be exploited to make handicrafts. In particular, phytochemical studies on ferns have revealed that they contain many valuable substances that can be used to make medicine. On the market, there have been many medicinal products and functional foods derived from ferns such as sunscreen pills, hair growth shampoos, decoction forms to help increase resistance when infected with viruses, improve symptoms. dementia (Alzheimer). Not only the fern has “terrible” value, but the researches of Dr. Lu Thi Ngan about ferns is also very “terrible”. After more than 10 years of silent research, until now, Dr. Lu Thi Ngan has announced 5 new genera, 30 new fern species for science and 37 additional species for the flora of Vietnam. Her research results have contributed significantly to the worldwide community of fern scientists. At the same time, these results also help to enhance and confirm the biodiversity value of ferns in Vietnam. Every job has its own feelings There are consecutive articles published in domestic and foreign journals, including famous international journals, there are continuously announcements of new species discovery, but behind these are difficulties and difficulties. problems of scientists, especially female scientists. With Dr. Lu Thi Ngan every job has its own difficulties and hardships. Dr. Lu Thi Ngan said, up to now, she can’t remember how many field trips she has gone through, how many forests, and how many mountains she has climbed. But these trips are nothing compared to the time when she decided to go to Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences to be a PhD student. At that time, her life partner was Dr. Do Van Truong, who works at the Vietnam Museum of Nature, is working as a PhD student in Germany. And my daughter just turned 3 years old. It was like that for a few years as a family of three in three places. Recently, on his personal Facebook page, Dr. Lu Thi Ngan posted a photo of the three of them on her husband’s birthday with the caption, “This is the first time the whole family is together on a special occasion.” The line of confession is enough to understand the hardships of scientists. However, Dr. Lu Thi Ngan is very calm. For her, every job has its own difficulties and difficulties. The important thing is that I know how to overcome to do my job and love it. For her, doing science is not only a job but also a passion and certainly in the coming time, researches on Vietnamese ferns will continue to be published in international journals. 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In addition to the economic efficiency, the community based tourism also contributes to preserving and promoting cultural values. Photo: Hoai Anh Attraction from destinations The Western region of Thanh has the advantage to develop community-based ecotourism products. Possessing rich and diverse natural resources including forests, lakes, mountains, caves, waterfalls and many landscapes, landscapes … Along with that, this is also a region with cultural potentials. Special ethnic minorities are favorable conditions for the construction and development of community ecotourism, providing visitors with many activities to explore and experience such as stall dancing, forest exploration, boating. on the river, camping, fishing, catching crabs, organizing a BBQ party, setting a campfire … If marine tourism only attracts tourists in the summer, cultural and spiritual tourism mainly focuses on the first months of the year, community ecotourism is the only product of the province that attracts visitors all four seasons. . Coming to Pu Luong in any month of the year (except for the time of holiday to welcome guests due to the COVID-19 epidemic), visitors will feel the attractiveness of the community tourism products. Especially, on weekends or holidays, resorts in some villages in Ba Thuoc district such as Don village, Ham village (Thanh Lam commune), Bang village (Thanh Son commune), Hieu village (Co Lung commune) … is always in a state of “room fire”, even the homestay of the households are in the same situation. And the greatest success in these tourist spots, not only is the number of visitors or revenue increasing year by year, but the important thing is that the number of visitors coming back and refering to their friends here is huge. We ran into a German expert – Martin during a business trip in Pu Luong, he happily said: “Community tourism in Western Thanh is worth a visit, or alone, or together with friend. Maybe, people like this season, people like that season. Personally, I like to explore the West all four seasons of the year. Each destination gives me different feelings, different interesting things. And for Pu Luong, there are lovely stilt houses, eco-friendly resorts, beautiful nature. Whenever I stop the journey and recollect, I always remember the typical flavor of the mountains in the West. I have come and will definitely come back. Along with Pu Luong community tourism, many tourists have chosen other attractive destinations such as: Hang village (Quan Hoa); Ma village (Thuong Xuan), Instinct Cat (Lang Chanh), Ngam village (Quan Son) … Or beautiful waterfalls such as: Thac May (Thach Thanh), Ma Hao waterfall (Lang Chanh), Want waterfall (Ba Ruler) … Here, visitors can choose the type of homestay accommodation (staying at a homestay) or staying at the resorts. And wherever you are, you can also enjoy some typical dishes of the mountains and forests in the West such as: wild banana flower salad, green rice, bitter soup, boiled chicken, can wine … to immerse yourself in literary activities. culture, culture of indigenous people, all will give visitors great feelings about the destination. According to the report of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the 2016-2020 period, the community tourism zones and destinations are estimated to receive nearly 6 million visitors, 2.2 times more than the 2011-2015 period. In particular, the highlight is Cam Luong fishing stream tourist area (Cam Thuy district), in the 2016-2020 period, welcomes over 1.4 million visitors, 1.88 times more than the period 2011-2015; Community-based tourism in Ba Thuoc district, in the 2016-2020 period, welcomed nearly 200,000 visitors, 4 times higher than the 2011-2015 period … Efficiency doesn’t stop at numbers It can be said that, up to now, the CBT has begun to harvest the first “fruits”. Not only the number of visitors or revenue, but through tourism activities also contribute significantly to preserving culture, improving and improving the quality of cultural and spiritual life for local people. local people, especially people in remote and isolated areas where there are still many difficulties. Also thanks to the development of tourism, the system of roads, electricity, water, to the villages and villages are interested in investing, commercial services develop more diversified … to serve the needs of tourists, in People also benefit directly from these conditions. It is worth mentioning, from attaching importance to the development of community based tourism models, many districts have urgently built a tourism development project, elaborated a detailed planning of tourist sites and destinations, facilitating the collection of attracting investment, exploiting potential values ​​for community ecotourism development such as: Quan Son, Quan Hoa, Cam Thuy, Lang Chanh, Ba Thuoc, Thuong Xuan, Nhu Xuan, Nhu Thanh, Thach Thanh, Cam Thuy. At the same time, to attach importance to propaganda, mobilization and encouragement of the population community to renovate and upgrade facilities and add tourist services; to support localities in studying and building new tourist products to attract tourists; focus on restoring traditional craft villages of brocade weaving, culinary culture … to attract domestic and international tourists to visit, stay and relax. Recently, Lang Chanh district has announced a detailed plan of 1/500 scale Ecotourism area of ​​Nang Cat village, Ma Hao waterfall, approved by the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee in Decision No. 2120 / QD-UBND (date 9- 6-2020). This community eco-tourism area associated with cultural experiences has a total investment of 113,407 billion VND. The planning of Ecotourism zones of Nang Cat village – Ma Hao waterfall is built on the basis of protecting “aquatic” resources, landscape, environment, organizing landscape architectural space on the basis of need. taking full advantage of topography, natural landscape, greenery system, water surface, terraced fields, at the same time creating a fit and harmony with the architectural space of existing village areas, preserving the traditional lifestyle and architecture … thereby step by step helping local people to have a stable income from tourism, developing local socio-economic, and bringing the Nang Cat Village Ecotourism Area – Ma Hao waterfall becomes an attractive destination for domestic and international tourists. Ms. Vuong Thi Hai Yen, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said: Outstanding results in the development of community tourism not only stop at the increasing number of tourists coming to Thanh Hoa; The revenue increases every year, but the awareness of localities and communities in sustainable tourism development is increasingly positive. Local leaders have actively met with investors, consulted with investors how to do tourism effectively and not affect the environment and ecosystems. On the side of the people, there has also been a clear change in awareness and determination to do tourism for economic development and gradually learn how to do tourism in a well and methodical way. Post and photo: Hoai Anh Lesson 2: Models of “premature death”.