The situation has been observed along Phu My-Thuan An, Cho Mai-Tan My, Vo Nguyen Giap, and extended to Huu roads, as well as at the park in Hue City’s central administrative area.
Many roadside trees have withered along the Phu My-Thuan An route (Photo by Cao Tien)
These major roads and projects were recently built in new urban areas and central wards of Hue City. The affected trees are Dipterocarpus alatus (resin tree) and Pterocarpus macrocarpus (Burma padauk), planted either as new greenery or as replacements for those that had already died.
Notably, along the Cho Mai-Tan My road project in My Thuong Ward, many newly planted trees have withered and peeled, leaving them dried out and lifeless.
Approved in 2016, prolonged delays have plagued the five-kilometre VND 195 billion (approximately USD 8.4 million) road, which remains unfinished and still awaits handover and operation.
Trees have withered and died at the park in Hue City’s central administrative area (Photo by Cao Tien)
Dozens of trees have also died along the Phu My-Thuan An road. This is not the first time such a situation has occurred on this route. The VND 370-billion route was launched in September 2018 and opened to traffic at the end of 2023. Around VND 6.5 billion was used for planting 1,300 oil palms and Burma padauk trees.
Ha Xuan Hau, Director of the Hue City Urban Development and Construction Investment Project Management Board, admitted the problem, noting that the dead trees will be replaced when weather conditions are favourable.
Last year, Dantri/Dtinews reported the mass deaths of trees in packages under the Green Urban Development Programme in Thua Thien Hue. Nearly 2,000 trees, worth over VND 2.3 billion, were planted across major sites, but up to 394 along Vo Nguyen Giap and To Huu streets withered, forcing their replanting.
