Da Nang mountainous area develops green livelihood

  • Instead of short-term crops, people are planting large timber trees with a focus on sustainable development. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
    Instead of short-term crops, people are planting large timber trees with a focus on sustainable development. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
  • Under the forest canopy, locals are growing more trees and herbal medicine in harmony with nature instead of exploitation and causing damage. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
    Under the forest canopy, locals are growing more trees and herbal medicine in harmony with nature instead of exploitation and causing damage. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
  • Funding from Vietnam Social Policy Bank encourages locals to invest and develop businesses. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
    Funding from Vietnam Social Policy Bank encourages locals to invest and develop businesses. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
  • That diep chi hoa (Ginseng with seven leaves and single flower), a valuable herbal medicine, requires meticulous care and stable conditions. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
    That diep chi hoa (Ginseng with seven leaves and single flower), a valuable herbal medicine, requires meticulous care and stable conditions. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
  • Gynochthodes officinalis grow well in shaded conditions, suitable for growing under forest canopy. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
    Gynochthodes officinalis grow well in shaded conditions, suitable for growing under forest canopy. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
  • Under the forest canopy in Tay Giang commune, new models of herbal plantations are emerging. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
    Under the forest canopy in Tay Giang commune, new models of herbal plantations are emerging. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
  • Harvesting herbal roots, giving stable income to local in mountainous area of Da Nang. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
    Harvesting herbal roots, giving stable income to local in mountainous area of Da Nang. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý
Locals living in the mountain west of Da Nang are changing their lives with herbal medicine grown under forest canopy. They grow valuable herbal ingredients such as Gynochthodes officinalis, That diep chi hoa (Ginseng with seven leaves and single flower) under the forest canopy instead of exploiting wood or damaging the forest. This direction is seen as a new economic spearhead, creating livelihoods for locals and affirming the city’s position on Vietnam’s medicinal herb map. VNA Photo: Xuân Quý

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