Where are peach trees grow

On November 28, 1959, President Ho wrote an article in the Nhan dan (People) newspaper stressing the significance of tree planting for each person, each family, and the entire nation. tree planting festival was held in the spring of 1960, following the late leader’s teachings, authorities and sectors from the central to grassroots levels, along with people nationwide, have joined hands in planting trees whenever a new year arrives. tree planting festival and stepping up forest protection and development at the beginning of 2021. Vietnam is to plant 1 billion trees from now to 2025 , including about 182 million this year./. VNA …

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Son was sent to Aweil Base in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State in November of 2019, which is around 700km from the capital city of Juba. At that time, the dry season in South Sudan had just begun, and the outside temperature was normally 50-60 degrees Celsius. A month after he arrived in Aweil, the first COVID-19 infection case in the world was detected. It was not easy to find vegetables in the local markets, and he thought that self-growing vegetables was the only solution for him to have vegetables. The Vietnamese officer used seeds that he had brought from Vietnam. He created a small garden with surrounding fences and collected fertile soil by wheelbarrow from a site 300 meters from the place where he lives for vegetable planting. He used parts of a fire fighting vehicle to cover his garden to ease the heat so that his vegetables could grow. Son planted numerous species of vegetables, such as spicy cabbage, cowpea, jute, okra, water spinach, green luffa, tomato, etc. He also grew several types of flowers around his living place. The efforts of the Vietnamese peacekeeper brought him joy and happiness, not only because he could give vegetables to colleagues and locals in Aweil, but he was also able to share the experience of vegetable planting with them, contributing to promoting the good images of Vietnamese soldiers in South Sudan. Translated by Trung Thanh …

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During the event, the command’s troops worked closely with relevant forces to upgrade 760 meters of Mieu Dien-Go Tranh intervillage road in Tan Loi Thanh commune at a cost of VND 950 million, a 20m-long bridge costing VND 300 million and 600 meters of the Vinh Phuc canal road in Thanh Phu Dong commune at a cost of VND 500 million. Apart from upgrading these roads, troops decorated the roads with numerous flowers and trees, giving a new look to the local roads. Additionally, they also contributed working days to build 35 houses of military-civilian unity with a total investment of VND 1.75 billion, provided free health checkups for 500 people and presented 1,000 Tet gifts to local policy beneficiaries and poor people as gratitude to those who contributed to the national revolution. Thanking troops for their assistance to the locality, Nguyen Hoang Giang, Secretary of the Party cell of Tan Thi village, Tan Hao commune, emphasized that local people were happy with what troops have done for them such as house-repairs, road-upgrading, and medicine provisions. Military-civilian activities during the Tet were closely attached to the national program of new-style rural building, contributing to winning people’s hearts and minds and firmly building a defensive area. Translated by Mai Huong …

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