Dead standing when … “black gold tree” dissolved
According to the letter, the family of Mr. Tan and Mrs. Nam has a pepper garden of about 1,000 pillars, from 5 to 8 years old, in time for the main harvest. This year, his family decided to invest in buying spray for pepper gardens to have a higher yield. However, after 1 day of spraying, all the trees sprayed were removed and burned, deciduous and died a lot, making the family unable to return in time.
Mr. Tan’s pepper garden started to remove burning and deciduous leaves after just 1 day of spraying products of Nam Viet JSC (Photo: provided by family)
Specifically, on August 23, 2020, Mr. Tan’s family asked Mr. Vu Van Hoat (Mr. Tan’s brother-in-law) to buy 4 bottles of medicine to control Henxin (Anvin – India) 5SC (1 liter / bottle) together with 4 bottles of stool. Boramide fertilizer is imported from Italy (500ml / bottle) imported, packaged and distributed by Nam Viet Fumigation Joint Stock Company at Sinh Hoa II agent (address Thuan Ha commune, Dak Song district, Dak Nong province). , by Mr. Le Viet Quang as the agent and instructions to spray pepper with a combined dose of 500ml Henxin 5SC and 250 ml of Boramide per drum of water (200 liters).
Then, on September 3-4, 2020, Mr. Tan’s family sprayed as instructed for 900 pillars, and about 100 remaining pepper plants had not yet been sprayed.
On September 5, the whole area of pepper garden that Mr. Tan’s family sprayed began to appear the situation of burning and losing all the leaves. After that, hundreds of pepper trees died, while the rest had a very strong drop in yield. In particular, the area where Mr. Tan’s family could not spray about 100 pillars in time is growing and developing normally.
After that, Mr. Tan’s family informed Mr. Le Viet Quang (owner of Sinh Hoa II agent) to have a solution. On September 8, representatives of Nam Viet Fumigation Joint Stock Company and Mr. Le Viet Quang directly came to the garden and made a minutes to confirm the incident, and at the same time promised after 5 days (ie September 13), he would reply to Mr. Tan’s family.
Waiting for no reply, Mr. Tan’s family continued to propose to Sinh Hoa II agent to have a satisfactory solution for the pepper garden. Therefore, Mr. Le Viet Quang submitted a report to the Inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Nong province. At this time, because the authorities came to work, Mr. Tan’s family stopped submitting the application.
On September 18, the inspection team of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Nong Province led by Mr. Nguyen Van Thai – Deputy Chief Inspector of the Department (as the team leader), worked with the representatives of the Company, the agent and his family. Tan at Mr. Tan’s pepper garden.
Mrs. Pham Thi Nam painfully watched the pepper garden die after years of care
However, at the meeting with the parties, the inspection team did not conduct verification and inspection to find the main reason that led to Mr. Tan’s pepper garden removing burning and defoliation to have a treatment plan according to regulations. . Instead, the inspection team commented: “Through inspection and verification, Henxin 5SC is not registered for use on pepper, but the agent instructing use on pepper is not in accordance with regulations. The delegation worked to mediate but the two sides could not reach an agreement. This is a civil dispute, the resolution of the case belongs to the Court ”, the content of the working minutes on September 18 shows.
Many issues need clarifying
Talking over the phone, Mr. Bach Xuan Chinh – Representative of South Vietnam Fumigation Joint Stock Company confirmed: “The two above products are from the Company, and the cause of death in pepper garden is unknown where the cause is. Inspector of the Department of Agriculture has also entered. If it is due to the Company, the Company is fully responsible and must prove that it is the fault of the Company ”.
Mr. Tan next to 2 bottles of medicine that he sprayed in the garden dissipated
Mr. Le Viet Quang (The owner of Sinh Hoa II agent) said: The two products of Mr. Tan’s family were bought from his dealer and were instructed by him on how to spray as shown by his family. According to the conclusion of the Inspector of the Department of Agriculture, the cause of the death of Mr. Tan’s pepper garden was because the active ingredient Glyphosate (herbicide) with a very high concentration, and where this active ingredient comes from, the authorities must enter to prove it.
Regarding the pepper leaf sampling inspection team, according to Mr. Tan, his family does not know whether or not the inspection team took pepper leaf samples to analyze the cause of the death of his pepper orchard. The family was not informed of the pepper leaf sampling nor signed any records regarding the pepper leaf sampling in the garden.
“However, on October 2, the inspection team entered my house and announced that on September 18, pepper leaves were taken to analyze and the results showed that the active ingredient Glyphosate (herbicide) and required My family provided 2 samples of drugs that the inspection team sealed on September 18 to clarify the cause of the death of the pepper garden. My family strongly disagrees because we do not trust, fear that when giving, all evidence will be lost ”, Mr. Tan said.
Talking to reporters about this issue, Mr. Nguyen Van Thai – Deputy Chief Inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said: “Our team goes to process the application of Mr. Le Viet Quang (owner of agent Sinh Hoa II), and work in order, all shown in the working record. When having the conclusion, send them to Mr. Quang and Mr. Ninh Doan Tan. We have done to a place for people, taking samples to save to analyze including Glyphosate or not, the family will not give it.
Opinions of the inspection team are led by Mr. Nguyen Van Thai (extracted from the working minutes dated September 18).
When asked about the working minutes on September 18, which did not show that the inspection team took samples of the pepper leaves to analyze and find the cause, Mr. Nguyen Van Thai said: “If we take fertilizer samples to In the latter case, when dealing with fertilizer quality or drug quality, a record must be made and signed by the person directly taking the sample. And this one (pepper-PV sampling) is not regulated. Sampling pepper leaves belongs to professional expertise, industry workers have the right to take samples to find the cause. I am looking for the cause, not going to handle a case to punish people ”.
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