(HBO) – Households in Hoa Binh have developed livestock breeding with many effective models of cooperation groups and cooperatives in buffalo and cow breeding. In Luong Son district, the breeding cow cooperation group in Nghia Kep village, Hop Chau commune is considered as a typical one.
The breeding cow
growing model of member households of Nguyen Thi Thuy cooperation group shows
high efficiency.
The daily job of Nguyen Xuan Linh and his wife, members of
the breeding cow cooperation group in Nghia Kep village, is cutting and
gathering grass for cows.
Linh said that since 2014 when he started switching the
breeding of other kinds of livestock to cows, his family’s income has been
improved and become more stable.
As an agricultural village, Nghia Kep has favourable natural
conditions for breeding and cultivation.
Nguyen Cong Chinh, head of Nghia Kep village said that while
switching the structure of plant cultivation, the village has set up a number
of models attracting households with the same interest and goal to support each
other to sustainably reduce poverty and become richer.
Three typical and effective groups in the locality are those
to develop citrus trees, chicken and breeding cow.
With 16 members, the breeding cow cooperation group in Nghia
Kep currently has 37 cows. Incomes of its members are from middle to high
level.
The locals have had strong awareness of ensuring reserve
food for cows as well as methods to raise, and prevent diseases for the cow
herd, thus maintaining sustainability and efficiency of the model.
So far, the model has been expanded to the whole village,
bringing the total cows to 60, contributing to enhancing per capita income for
locals to 17 million VND in 2018 and expectedly 20 million VND in 2019.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
