The
Embassy of Israel, in partnership with the Central Youth Union, presents 23,000
cash crops to the farmers of the rural Bac Phong commune, Cao Phong district,
of Hoa Binh province on 13 December 2021. The program acts in support of the “Growing 1 billion
trees” campaign, launched by former Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Hoa
Binh Youth Union’s green movement.
The medium and long-term trees
of michelia, acacia, chukrasia will cover the once empty hills of the
poverty-clad villages with green. The 14 households who receive the trees are
in the designated especially tough minor-ethnic area, and were growing
short-term crops of low economic value such as corn and cassava. One third of
the local 600 hectare previously used for orange planting have been demolished
due to insufficient returns and now left waiting for conversion.
All staff of the Israeli Embassy
are joined by 20 local Youth Union members, together with Hoa Binh’s
leadership, to plant trees after the presentation, as part of the embassy’s
annual good
deeds day and enviroment/green agendas in Vietnam. he program extents its community
significance by donating winter blankets to the 14 households.
The planting areas are adjacent
to the Da River primitive forest. By covering such hills, the zone will also
contribute to making the environment greener, solidifying soil hardness, and
lowering the possibility of landslide.
Israel is a country
traditionally deprived of lush greenery and water. This activity reasserts the
Embassy of Israel’s commitment to bringing its expertise and making an effort
to help its friends in Vietnam.
On the same day, the delegation
of the Embassy, local leaders and the Youth Union will visit an Israeli-made
demonstration of biogas device set-up in a farm of Cao Phong district. The
convenient biogas is hoped to attract local farmers towards an effective
process of generating and saving energy.