(HBO) – Quyet Chien, a mountainous commune in Tan Lac district and about 17km from the district downtown, has a total area of 2,000 hectares and a rough terrain with high rock mountains. The long, narrow valley strip with small fields is the commune's major agricultural production hub, which accounts for about 11.4% of the commune’s total natural area, and the rest is mainly forest land with forest and bold rock mountains.

 

Bieng villagers of Quyet Chien commune in Tan Lac district have switched inefficient rice farming areas into vegetable farms with higher economic values.


Provincial Road 440, which crosses the commune, has brought advantages to the locality in trading activities with neighbouring localities and regions. Currently, the majority of the 266 households with 1,730 people in Quyet Chien are living on agriculture.

Over the years, Quyet Chien has focused on implementing national target programmes, especially the new-style rural area building scheme. It has strengthened communications to encourage locals to transform the cultivation structure in a suitable manner. At the same time, the commune has support local residents in accessing capital from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policy to invest in economic production.

Bui Van Hoang, a Bieng villager, said that his family has developed 2,500sq.m of Korean white radish which has generated high economic values.

Hoang’s family is not the only in Quyet Chien to have successfully transformed their inefficient farms into vegetable farms to provide products to Hanoi and major cities across the country. Thanks to this solution, many have got out of poverty. The average per capita income of the commune has reached 36.5 million VND (1,509 USD). As a result, the rate of poor households in the locality has been reduced to 18.3%.

Dinh Cong Khoa, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said that the commune is implementing three national target programmes, including the one on boosting socio-economic growth in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas in the 2021-2030 period. It have covered all aspects of the social life, creating positive impacts on these areas.

After two years of implementation, the programme has received positive response from local residents, contributing to optimising potential and advantages of the locality, boosting economic development, ensuring social welfare, improving people’s incomes, and maintaining political stability, social order and safety in the locality.


 

Related Topics


Hoa Binh strives to maintain political stability in ethnic minority-inhabited areas

With a focus on maintaining a close contact with the people, local authorities at all levels of Hoa Binh have implemented a range of measures to ensure security and order in ethnic minority-inhabited areas, improving their legal awareness, combating crime and social vices, and contributing to maintaining political stability and social order, while promoting socio-economic development in these areas.

The chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Bui Van Khanh, attended the Great National Solidarity Festival in Ngai village, Thach Yen commune

On November 8th, Ngai hamlet, Thach Yen commune (Cao Phong) organized the Great National Solidarity Festival in 2024. There was the attendance of Mr. Bui Van Khanh, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Chairman Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Trinh Duc Thiem, the Commander of the Provincial Military Command...

Hoa Binh Power Company works to ensure stable power supply amid rising demand

Hoa Binh Power Company (PC Hoa Binh) has proactively rolled out plans and solutions to ensure the stable and safe operation of the electricity grid, so as to meet the increasing needs of customers in the year-end period.

Yen Thuy district works hard on building model new-style rural residential areas

To achieve the goal of becoming a new-style rural district by 2025, the authorities of Yen Thuy district are working diligently to meet various criteria, with a particular focus on developing model new-style rural residential areas and model gardens.

Luong Son district strives to achieve township status by 2025

Luong Son district is leveraging its existing advantages and maximizing resources to improve infrastructure, aiming to achieve town status by 2025.

Hoa Binh mobilises resources to do away with temporary, dilapidated houses

Hoa Binh province has employed diverse measures to remove temporary and dilapidated houses for low-income families over the past time. The effort has received the support from the State, all-level agencies, as well as individuals in and outside the province, helping poor and disadvantaged households, especially ethnic minority people, repair or build new homes.