(HBO) – Statistics showed that average income of members of the veteran association in Thanh Luong commune, Luong Son district, was 29 million VND per person last year. There were six poor members in the association, accounting for 3 percent.


Nguyen Van On, a member of the veteran association in Thanh Luong commune (Luong Son), has expanded his farming area of citrus fruits.

 We visited the family of Mr Nguyen Van On in Sau Thuong village, an exemplary veteran who succeeds in economic activities. He now owns an expanded area of 7,000 sqm growing Celastrus hindsii. 

 Local climate provides suitable conditions for growing Celastrus hindsii so he can harvest the crops three times per year, earning about 60 million VND annually.

 To improve income, he has transformed his garden into a farm planting about 230 pomelo trees of different varieties, like Tan Lac pink pomelo, Dien pomelo and pummel (green-skin pomelo), since 2015. The pomelo farm expects to see first harvest in 2019.

 Viewing economic development as a key task, members of the communal veteran association have united and encouraged each other to initiate new business models. Since 2015, the veterans have enlarged their citrus farms to nearly 20 hectares, following the VAC model, a highly intensive method of small-scale farming in which food gardening, fish rearing and animal husbandry are integrated; integrated animal husbandry and aquaculture. Furthermore, some members have also succeeded with businesses far from home, earning an income ranging from 100 million to 200 million VND per year.

 As of June 2018, the association have been authorised to manage three credit provision groups to give its members easier access to soft loans. These groups have offered some 4.7 billion VND in soft loan to the veterans.

 Besides, association members have raised a fund of 166 million VND with contribution averaging 834,000 VND per person. Notably, contribution of each veteran in Sau Thuong village was valued at 1.068 million VND per person in average while Sau Ha village received 1.35 million VND from each person in average.

 Every year, the association teams up with other organisations to open 3 – 4 training courses that introduce new advanced agricultural technology to the members./.

 

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