A large amount of wood has been found along the bank of rivers and streams in Thanh Hoa Province after recent floods, and local authorities are unclear of its origins.

After the flood water retreated, hundreds of pieces of wood have been seen by rivers and streams in Lang Chanh and Quan Son District.  

Many local people, even including children, have been rushing to pick the wood along Am River and Ha Stream in Lang Chanh District. The same situation has been also reported along streams in Quan Son District.

They cut large branches and trunks into smaller pieces so that they can easily transport them.

Besides, uprooted trees, there were pieces of wood which had already been cut by saw.   

Nguyen Duy Vinh, head of Lang Chanh District’s forest management board said that wood swept away by the recent floods might have been from the expansion of the nearby border road. Workers might have cut the trees, but had not yet transported them away.

According to Vinh, local people have to wait a month while investigations were ongoing to define the ownership of the wood. If ownership is not defined, they can use the wood. If they want to sell the wood, they have to seek permission from the forest management board.

Le Quoc Viet, deputy head of Thanh Hoa Province’s forest management department, said that the department had urged Lang Chanh and Quan Son districts to discover the origin of the wood.

Hundreds of pieces of wood have been seen by rivers and streams in Lang Chanh and Quan Son District.

    Local residents ave been rushing to pick the wood   

Local authorities are unclear of the wood origins

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