The veteran Vi Van Thin in Lau hamlet, Mai Ha
commune (Mai Chau) is taking care of the garden of gourds for collecting.
Not resigning to poverty, Mr. Vi Van Thin
went around to learn about production experience in many places in the district
and in the province and started to plant forests, grow vegetables, combining
with livestock and poultry breeding. However, in the early time the income is
only average, temporarily enough for family living expenses. In 2010, he boldly
borrowed money from the bank along to invest in buying breeds, expanding
breeding facilities with the capital of his family. Additionally, he combined
planting forests, digging ponds to raise fish and raising chickens and growing
vegetables. After many years of persistence, exploring and learning in many
places, getting experiences, his economic development model has given a stable
income. Currently, his family has nearly 100 chickens, 12 pigs, 8 buffaloes and
many kinds of crops with high economic value. Each year his family exports two
litters of 2 chickens, 2 litters of pigs and 3 litters of gourds with the
income of about 250-300 million VND. Mr. Thin said "My family mainly develops
synthetic economy. After borrowing the budget, I have invested in developing
raising livestock, growing crops, digging fish ponds, building cages for pigs,
chickens and ducks and planting perennial trees. In the early days, when I
started to do business due to lack of experience, scientific and technical
knowledge to take care of crops so I thought I had to give up halfway.”
The will and energy of the soldier helped him
overcome the difficulties. He himself learned to apply scientific and
technological advances to animal husbandry and production so it brought high
economic efficiency. After many years, his family has built a comprehensive
economic model of gardens, ponds and stables with very high economic efficiency.
Not only trying to enrich his family, he also
helps other families with difficulties in trees, seedlings such as baby fish
and chicken, other kinds of seeds and so on. He also disseminates the way of
how to take care of plants. Thanks to the development of animal husbandry, his
family now has a spacious house and a stable income, all his children have
stable jobs.
Hoa Binh Province currently has over 870 hectares of tea plantations, with six districts having concentrated tea production areas that boast advantages in soil, climate, history, and distinctive tea varieties: Yen Thuy, Lac Thuy, Da Bac, Mai Chau, Tan Lac, and Luong Son.