(HBO) - Mr. Tran Van Minh living in Diem Tong hamlet, Lien Son commune, Luong Son district has boldly developed the economy, to eradicate hunger and reduce the poverty. For 5 consecutive years, he has been recognized as an excellent farmer in producing and doing the business at National level; in October, 2018, the Association of Vietnam Farmers Association in cooperation with the Department of Propaganda and Education honored him as one of the 63 " the outstanding Vietnamese farmers" in 2018.


Mr. Tran Van Minh was awarded the title of "Excellent Vietnamese Farmer" in 2018.

Mr. Tran Van Minh started his farming and breeding career in 2004.

To exploit the potential and strengths of the locality, he decided to expand the area and scale of production gradually every year. Currently, his family has accumulated 45 hectares of land, over 40 hectares of which is the forestry land for planting acacia and eucalyptus trees. To improve the efficiency, he combined cattle grazing with the total herd ranging from 45 to 60 animals. At present, there are 36 cows and 18 buffaloes, including 15 mother cows, 8 mother buffaloes in good health for breeding. Every year, he exploits to sell partially from 8 to 10 hectares of commercial acacia and exports 15-20 cows, earning the interest from 400-450 million dongs.

Mr. Minh also planted 4,5 hectares of planting galangal, lemongrass in the lower foothills, for a stable harvest of 45 - 50 tons, excluding the expenses, this brings to him about 600 million VND per year. In the garden near his house, he planted 1 hectare of Dien grapefruit for the shade and high economic efficiency, which he can collect the profit of 150 million VND each year. On average every year, his family earns 1.2 billion dong of interest from the cultivation and husbandry model.

Not satisfied with only farming and husbandry, in 2010, he continued to invest in business services transportation, construction machinery. His family currently has a pickup truck, 3 excavators, bulldozers to serve the work of the family, and meet the needs of production machinery for local people in the region. Each year, his family earns 4.5 billion VND, after excluding expenses, the profit reached 3 billion VND. With this economic model, his family has created regular jobs for 5 - 7 laborers, sometimes attracting 30 seasonal workers in the locality.

 

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