Ham Tien beach - Mui Ne: 'Where does black matter' come from?

In recent days Ham Tien beach - Mui Ne has appeared sand stains infected with 'black' and smelled of oil.

Each streak of 'black sand' .

The beach is tinged with black like this! - Photo: QT Although it was dusk in May 15, Mr. Nguyen Van Chi, head of the Saigon - Mui Ne resort food department, still enthusiastically brought us 'hot survey' and noted the black streaks. like coal dust mixed in sand is present in this coastal area . In particular, our team picked up a lot of soft brown soft capsules, big size like thumbs (called 'oil pebbles') ') was hit by waves on the shore.

Mr. Chi picked up a 'pebble oil' and tried to squeeze it lightly . The 'oil pebble' broke, looking dull but clinging to Chi's hand, like he was squeezing a bit of asphalt (tar oil). . He affirmed that this is the first time the coast of Saigon - Mui Ne has a situation of 'gravel' and each of these black sand tracks.

But not only is the area about 200m long by the management of Saigon - Mui Ne but the coast in many other popular resorts like the Blue Sea, Coco Beach . has a similar situation.

About 20km away from Phan Thiet city in the south, Doi Su resort (Thuan Quy commune, Ham Thuan Nam district) is located on an area of ​​14ha in size and also has black sand stains and 'pebbles' appear from many days now.

According to Nguyen Thien Nhan - in charge of sales of Doi Su Resort - black sand stains and oil pebbles appeared after the holidays 30-4 and 1-5 and lasted so far. Similarly, over the past few days at Sao Mai tourist area (Tien Thanh commune, Phan Thiet city) about 10 cleaning workers must also work hard to handle the sand stains contaminated with black and pebbles. oil 'brought in by the waves.

Crude oil on?

Talking to reporters, Mr. Nguyen Van Thu - Vice Chairman of Binh Thuan Provincial People's Committee - said: 'The People's Committee of Binh Thuan province has received reports from the natural resources and environment sector, tourism as well as from localities. about the phenomenon of oil appearing in beaches. We have directed relevant sectors to assess the impact of this incident.

Based on that assessment, it will clarify the cause from where and give solutions to solve the problem. The provincial People's Committee sent a document to the Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation to request this unit to coordinate with the locality to survey, evaluate and come up with solutions to troubleshoot . In addition, the province also sent oil samples. obtained at the beach to specialized agencies for analysis, evaluation and origin.

The provincial People's Committee has also assigned relevant departments and agencies to meet tourist resorts and resorts asking them to actively collect. This is a vital thing for businesses so businesses need to actively overcome the problem. Particularly for beach areas that do not have tourism business, the management of tourist resorts must organize oil collection '.

Talking about the cause of the incident, Mr. Nguyen Van Thu expressed reservations: ' The current oil exploitation areas are located 60km from Phan Thiet's coast. However, as far as I know, the technical solutions to ensure environmental safety in the oil extraction process are very strict . '

Meanwhile, Mr. Luu Minh Hung, deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Binh Thuan Province, said: ' We have together with functional departments to survey many areas. Preliminary results show that along the tourist route and the coastal population of Binh Thuan, from Tien Thanh commune to Hon Rom area (Phan Thiet city), there are many lumps of lumpy oil drifting to the coast.

Also through the survey, initial evaluation results show that the oil tablets may be crude oil. Our province does not yet have conditions to analyze and determine the origin of oil so the Department has asked Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation to assist in surveying and identifying oil origin; propose measures to prevent and combat oil pollution. . '.

QUOC THANH - KHAC HOANG