Kim Boi district of Hoa Binh province has identified the movement to encourage farmers to emulate in production and business, unite to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably as one of the three key emulation movements, according to Chairman of the district Farmers' Association Nguyen Manh Hung.
In recent years, the farmers’ associations at all levels in the district have done a good job of disseminating and encouraging members and farmers to innovate their mindset and change their ways of doing, effectively exploit the potential and strengths of capital, labour, and land for investment in production and business, thus gradually escaping poverty and getting rich. Through the movement, many farming households have developed into businesses and cooperatives in agricultural production and business, creating jobs and stable incomes for hundreds of rural labourers.
Do Cat Luc, member of Sao Bay commune Farmers' Association (Kim Boi district), develops combined production model that brings high economic efficiency.
Since 2015, the family of Do Cat Luc, a member of the Farmers’ Association of Sao Bac hamlet, Sao Bay commune, has removed mixed gardens to expand a combined production model. Luc shared that with a total area of about five hectares, his family is currently growing three hectares of acacia, raising pigs for meat, and chickens and ducks for eggs under the canopy of trees; and uses about two hectares of water surface to raise fish. In 2023, the family's total income reached about 800 million VND (32,200 USD). In addition, his family creates stable jobs for four local people with an average salary of 5 million VND a person a month.
In 2023, Kim Boi district had 10,846 households registered to meet the standards of good production and business households at all levels, of which 5,971 were recognised, including 10 at the central level, and 202 at the provincial level and 10 households at the district level.
To create conditions for member households to gain access to loans, the farmers' associations at all levels in the district have received and well managed entrusted loans from the district Bank for Social Policies, with a total outstanding debt of 138.4 billion VND and 3,428 borrowers.
The movement has helped change the mindset and working method of farmers in Kim Boi district, and helped them get rid of poverty and become rich, thus contributing to building new-style rural areas and ensuring social security.
In the first half of 2024, Hoa Binh province granted new business registrations for 210 enterprises with a total registered capital of more than 4.75 trillion VND (187.5 million USD), an increase of 12% year on year, the provincial Department of Planning and Investment has reported.
The working class in Vietnam in general and Hoa Binh province in particular, has made significant strides in terms of quality and making practical contributions to the country's industrialisation and modernisation process. Establishing a well-organised working class that has professional skills, firm political mettle, capable of leading the innovation process, and actively integrating into global trends of globalisation, is the responsibility of the entire Party and political system. However, there are numerous challenges that hinder the robust development of the working class.
Accessing preferential loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), many households in Tan Lac district have escaped poverty and many students progressed on their quest for knowledge.
The companionship of the preferential loans from the Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) has helped many households in Tan Lac district escape poverty sustainably. Along with that, the policy capital has accompanied with many students in their journey to seek knowledge until they achieve the "sweet fruits”.
In the 2023-2024 winter-spring crop, despite unfavourable weather conditions and negative impacts of market, Hoa Binh has basically achieved targets and even exceeded the yearly plan due to the fact that production direction and preparation of production material was carried out early.
Implementing the criteria on the form of production organization in the program for building New Rural Areas, the Party committees and the provincial authorities at all levels have strengthened the direction and implementation of land consolidation and land exchange.
