The Ha Long Bay Management Board in Quang Ninh has mobilized over 1,100 personnel and 301 vehicles to continuously collect floating styrofoam debris and bamboo rafts in the bay.
Mr. Vu Kien Cuong, Head of the Ha Long Bay Management Board, shared with the press that due to the impact of Typhoon No. 3 and subsequent flooding, a large amount of waste from coastal fish farming areas had flowed into Ha Long Bay.
Waste from aquaculture cages in coastal areas has been dumped into Ha Long Bay.
Most of the debris consists of broken styrofoam buoys and fish farming rafts that drifted from coastal areas, causing floating trash on the bay’s surface, affecting the landscape, environment, and tourist activities in Ha Long Bay.
To address this issue, the Ha Long Bay Management Board maximized its manpower, equipment, and vehicles, collaborating with agencies, organizations, and the local community to collect trash from the bay’s islands.
Mr. Also noted that between September 14 and 23, the board mobilized more than 1,100 personnel and 301 vehicles to continuously remove styrofoam debris and bamboo rafts floating in the bay. These teams collected styrofoam and rafts washed up on the islands and beaches, gathering 643 cubic meters of waste and 94 fish farming rafts. After this intensive clean-up, the tourist areas in Ha Long Bay will be ready to welcome visitors again.
Authorities and the Ha Long Bay Management Board launched a campaign to collect garbage in Ha Long Bay.
Regarding the challenges of handling the enormous volume of waste, Mr. Cuong explained that Ha Long Bay covers a vast area with many rocky islands, and the complex meteorological and oceanographic conditions make trash collection and environmental clean-up difficult.
As for future solutions, the Ha Long Bay Management Board will continue to strengthen its manpower, equipment, and vehicles to collect waste resulting from Typhoon No. 3. The board will also intensify environmental patrols and monitoring in the bay and coastal areas, ensuring timely detection and handling of violations and concentrating waste areas for collection and disposal.
After storm YAGI, garbage drifted to the rocky islands in Ha Long Bay.
“With limited manpower, handling such a large amount of waste is not easy and cannot be completed quickly. This effort requires the collaboration of various forces and local authorities within the province to expedite waste collection and prevent environmental damage to the bay,” Mr. Cuong emphasized.
As previously reported, after Typhoon Yagi, the marine farming industry in areas such as Van Don, Cam Pha, Ha Long, and Quang Yen suffered heavy losses, leaving fish farmers bankrupt and in debt. In particular, millions of cubic meters of trash, mainly consisting of bamboo rafts, styrofoam buoys, fishing gear, and household waste, are surrounding the Ha Long Bay heritage site. These “mountains” of trash are being carried by the tides into the core of Ha Long Bay, threatening the heritage site with an unprecedented environmental disaster.
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Source: Vietnam Insider