(HBO) - Many households in the remote commune of An Binh in Lac Thuy district have planted lemongrass in the alluvial land, and even exhausted fields, and they have ensured stable supply of materials for businesses.
Lemongrass rattan products are on display at the 25th Party
Congress of Lac Thuy district’s party committee.
According to Quach Thi Luyen in Tien Lu village, she harvests lemongrass every 40-60
days, and earns some 900,000 VND (38.71 USD) per 360 square metres, which means
she pockets tens of millions of VND from lemongrass growing.
Several local residents gain more as they engage in lemongrass essential oil
production.
An Binh is currently the only place that produce lemongrass rattan products in
the nation. Local products have been favoured by customers nationwide.
Director of the An Lac Hoa Eco-tourism joint Stock Company Ta Thi My Phuong
said her firm’s products have been sold like hot cake in Ho Chi Minh City,
Hanoi, and Thai Nguyen, Bac Can and Cao Bang provinces, adding many products
are customised while many others have been sent to the UK and France as gifts.
The lemongrass rattan craft has been developed in the locality since 2018.
Earlier, the communal People’s Committee joined hands with local enterprises to
organise training courses for 100 rural labourers. Currently, nearly 30 workers
are engaging in the rattan craft, with average income of more than 4 million
VND per month per worker. Additionally, over 20 households in Tien Lu and Dong
Van villages get money from their lemongrass cultivation model with an area of
10 hectares.
By 2020, the commune’s income per capita topped 53 million VND, while poverty
rate slid to 4.37 percent.
According to the Vice Chairman of the communal People’s Committee, the
lemongrass rattan craft has made significant contributions to promoting local
economy and sustainable poverty alleviation in recent three years.
The commune has built the lemongrass rattan products to make them meet the
standards of the One Commune-One Product programme, he said, adding the move
aims to stimulating the economy and increasing value of the local products./.
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.
