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Forests in the region, which includes the provinces Lâm Đồng, Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Đắk Nông, face a high fire risk because of hot weather. At the beginning of the dry season, the provinces instructed localities to establish fire-prevention plans and strictly implement them in the dry season. In Đắk Nông Province, the Forest Protection Sub-department in September instructed localities and forest owners to set up prevention plans. The sub-department has organised forest fire prevention drills and more inspections. Đắk Nông has 125,000ha of forests, including 78,300ha of natural forest and 46,700ha of manmade forests in danger of high fire risk, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. In the dry season, which lasts between November and April, local farmers clear their fields by burning, which can cause fires to break out in forests near the fields. Lê Quang Dần, deputy director of the department, said the province’s forests have a thick layer of vegetation covering the ground and many forests are pine and bamboo forests, which easily catch fire in the dry season. At the beginning of the dry season, localities and forest owners cleared dry vegetation and set up fire breaks in forests. In Gia Lai Province, localities set up forest protection stations in fire-prone forests to monitor fires and protect forests around the clock before and after Tết (Lunar New Year). In Gia Lai’s Krông Pa District, the district’s Forest Protection Bureau, forest owners and the district’s communes have monitored forests around the clock to prevent fires and other activities that violate regulations. Nguyễn Văn Hoan, deputy director of the Gia Lai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the province has provided information on legal forest protection regulations to residents. Gia Lai, which has the largest forested area in the region, has 514,000ha of forests, according to the province’s Forest Protection Sub-department. In Kon Tum Province, the province’s People’s Committee ordered the head of relevant departments, agencies and district level People’s Committees, and forest owners to take fire-prevention measures at the beginning of this year. Under the order, the head of relevant departments, agencies and district level People’s Committees will bear main responsibility for forest violations and forest fires. Kon Tum localities have prepared human forces and facilities, made fire breaks in forests, and established plans for preventing and controlling forest fires in each area. The Central Highlands region has more than 2.5 million hectares of forested land, accounting for 17.5 per cent of the country’s total forest area, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The region has a forest coverage rate of 45.9 per cent.

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Since early October, four crew groups have reported being blinded by laser beams while taking off and landing at Noi Bai Aiport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City.

In the most recent case at Noi Bai Airport, the pilot of CV6289 flight of Cargolux Airlines said the laser beam was aimed at the cockpit at 2,000 metres high while they were flying from Bahrain to Hanoi.

Noi Bai Airport Operation Control Centre has reported to the Northern Airports Authority and Hanoi Police Department to investigate the case.

On October 7, the pilot of Vietjet Air also reported about laser beam being aimed at the cockpit as the plane was taking off from HCM City to Hanoi. On October 9, a Vietnam Airlines plane was landing at Tan Son Nhat Airport when the laser beam at nearby golf course aimed at the cockpit.

Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said this is a serious issue that threatens aviation safety and the pilots’ health. According to the administration, it’s difficult to deal with such cases and violators because mini laser projection equipment is sold everywhere and those who shined the laser only did for a brief moment.

People who caught shining laser beams at moving planes will be fined from VND30m (USD1,300) to VND40m.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has proposed to tighten the regulations by applying a fine of VND30m to VND100m, three years of non-custodial reform or one to five years of imprisonment to those who shine laser beams at planes and cause injuries or fatalities.

Forests in Gia Lai Province’s Mang Yang District. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Điệp

HCM CITY — Local authorities in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region have taken measures to prevent forest fires in the ongoing dry season.

Forests in the region, which includes the provinces Lâm Đồng, Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Đắk Nông, face a high fire risk because of hot weather.

At the beginning of the dry season, the provinces instructed localities to establish fire-prevention plans and strictly implement them in the dry season.

In Đắk Nông Province, the Forest Protection Sub-department in September instructed localities and forest owners to set up prevention plans. The sub-department has organised forest fire prevention drills and more inspections.

Đắk Nông has 125,000ha of forests, including 78,300ha of natural forest and 46,700ha of manmade forests in danger of high fire risk, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In the dry season, which lasts between November and April, local farmers clear their fields by burning, which can cause fires to break out in forests near the fields.

Lê Quang Dần, deputy director of the department, said the province’s forests have a thick layer of vegetation covering the ground and many forests are pine and bamboo forests, which easily catch fire in the dry season.

At the beginning of the dry season, localities and forest owners cleared dry vegetation and set up fire breaks in forests.

In Gia Lai Province, localities set up forest protection stations in fire-prone forests to monitor fires and protect forests around the clock before and after Tết (Lunar New Year).

In Gia Lai’s Krông Pa District, the district’s Forest Protection Bureau, forest owners and the district’s communes have monitored forests around the clock to prevent fires and other activities that violate regulations.

Nguyễn Văn Hoan, deputy director of the Gia Lai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the province has provided information on legal forest protection regulations to residents.

Gia Lai, which has the largest forested area in the Tây Nguyên region, has 514,000ha of forests, according to the province’s Forest Protection Sub-department.

In Kon Tum Province, the province’s People’s Committee ordered the head of relevant departments, agencies and district level People’s Committees, and forest owners to take fire-prevention measures at the beginning of this year.

Under the order, the head of relevant departments, agencies and district level People’s Committees will bear main responsibility for forest violations and forest fires.

Kon Tum localities have prepared human forces and facilities, made fire breaks in forests, and established plans for preventing and controlling forest fires in each area.

The Tây Nguyên region has more than 2.5 million hectares of forested land, accounting for 17.5 per cent of the country’s total forest area, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The region has a forest coverage rate of 45.9 per cent. — VNS

Forests in Gia Lai Province’s Mang Yang District. — VNA/VNS Photo Hong Diep

Forests in the region, which includes the provinces Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Dak Nong, face a high fire risk because of hot weather.

At the beginning of the dry season, the provinces instructed localities to establish fire-prevention plans and strictly implement them in the dry season.

In Dak Nong Province, the Forest Protection Sub-department in September instructed localities and forest owners to set up prevention plans. The sub-department has organised forest fire prevention drills and more inspections.

Dak Nong has 125,000ha of forests, including 78,300ha of natural forest and 46,700ha of manmade forests in danger of high fire risk, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In the dry season, which lasts between November and April, local farmers clear their fields by burning, which can cause fires to break out in forests near the fields.

Le Quang Dan, deputy director of the department, said the province’s forests have a thick layer of vegetation covering the ground and many forests are pine and bamboo forests, which easily catch fire in the dry season.

At the beginning of the dry season, localities and forest owners cleared dry vegetation and set up fire breaks in forests.

In Gia Lai Province, localities set up forest protection stations in fire-prone forests to monitor fires and protect forests around the clock before and after Tet (Lunar New Year).

In Gia Lai’s Krong Pa District, the district’s Forest Protection Bureau, forest owners and the district’s communes have monitored forests around the clock to prevent fires and other activities that violate regulations.

Nguyen Van Hoan, deputy director of the Gia Lai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the province has provided information on legal forest protection regulations to residents.

Gia Lai, which has the largest forested area in the Tay Nguyen region, has 514,000ha of forests, according to the province’s Forest Protection Sub-department.

In Kon Tum Province, the province’s People’s Committee ordered the head of relevant departments, agencies and district level People’s Committees, and forest owners to take fire-prevention measures at the beginning of this year.

Under the order, the head of relevant departments, agencies and district level People’s Committees will bear main responsibility for forest violations and forest fires.

Kon Tum localities have prepared human forces and facilities, made fire breaks in forests, and established plans for preventing and controlling forest fires in each area.

The Tay Nguyen region has more than 2.5 million hectares of forested land, accounting for 17.5 per cent of the country’s total forest area, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The region has a forest coverage rate of 45.9 per cent.  VNS