(HBO) - Total revenues from forests and forest land of organisations and households in the north-western province of Hoa Binh hit over 281.89 billion VND (12.08 million USD) in the first six months of 2020, according to the forest management sub-department under the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The province planted a total 3,752 ha of
forest in the period. Of the figure, the area of new forests were 639.4 ha and reforestation,
3,112.6 ha. Some 602,600 trees were planted dispersedly in the reviewed period.
In addition, forest resource exploitation was
observed in line with regulations. In the six months, more than 2,935 ha of
forest were exploited, yielding nearly 177,000 cu.m. of wood and 101,751 steres
of firewood.
Furthermore, the province exploited 3,071
cu.m of wood were exploited from trees grown dispersedly and 887,210 bamboos.
The province collected two tonnes of resin, 563.5 tonnes of bamboo shoots,
79.83 tonnes of herbal materials and 2,165 kg of honey.
The province is home to 188 timber
processing establishments of 38 organisations, firms and 150 individuals and
families. In the first half, they bought over 130,000 cu.m of wood totalling 169
billion VND, while produced 106,207 cu.m of wood, raking in 218 billion VND./.
After the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, trade union members and workers in Hoa Binh province returned to work with an excited spirit at the beginning of the new spring. Throughout the workshops, factories and enterprises, they were full of enthusiasm, immediately getting to work, striving to excellently complete tasks and production and business targets.
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