(HBO) – Born into a farming family, Nguyen Thuy Linh, in Yen Thuy district, soon recognised potential and strength of the locality in planting and preserving precious medicinal herbs, including ca gai leo (scientifically known as Solanum procumbens).
Nguyen
Thuy Linh and her production chain of Solanum procumbens tea.
Solanum
procumbens has been planted in Yen Thuy since 2015 under the second phase of a
poverty reduction project. To meet the increasing demand of the market, in
August 2016, Thuy decided to open a Solanum procumbens tea production facility.
At first, she
produced tea only on office-off days. However, with limited capital investment
and experience, she had met a range of difficulties.
"On the first
days, I went to office in the daytime and read documents on Solanum procumbens
as well as business strategy at night. During weekends, I directly worked with
employees at the facility,” she said.
Her efforts paid
off as in 2017, Linh was eligible to get loans for her start-up project,
allowing her to expand production.
She now owns a
Solanum procumbens tea production facility in Yen Son hamlet, Yen Lac commune,
Yen Thuy district, covering 120 sq.m. Linh signed contracts with local farmers
to plant Solanum procumbens in line with Good Agricultural and Collection
Practices (GACP) standards. She has introduced Binh An Solanum procumbens tea
to the market. With the mixture of Solanum procumbens and Celastrus hindsii and
sweetleaves, Binh An tea has beneficial effects in the prevention and treatment
of high liver enzymes, B and C hepatitis viruses, urticaria, acne, indigestion,
and especially diabetes.
Sweetleaves’
glycoside compounds are 300 times sweeter than sucrose (ordinary table
sugar), thus helping prevent high liver enzymes. Produced from medicinal
plants, Solanum procumbens tea is safe for users.
Linh’s tea
production facility is operating with specialised machines and three workers,
each earning an average of 3-5 million VND monthly.
The product has
been sold in many cities and provinces nationwide like Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ho Chi
Minh City, Buon Me Thuot, Hoa Binh, Ha Noi, Ninh Binh and Bac Giang, receiving
positive response from customers.
Linh said she
plans to expand tea production to 1ha in order to meet the market’s huge
demand. Apart from purchasing more machines, she will develop a model of
preserving precious medicinal herbs on an area of 6,000 sq.m, at a total cost
of about 5 billion VND.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.
Hoa Binh province has mobilised all resources to propel local agricultural products to make inroads into foreign markets, towards lifting the export turnover of key agricultural products to 137.8 million USD by 2030, accounting for 3.4% of the locality’s total export value of goods.
The locality aims to export farm produce to the US, the European Union, the UK, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.