In mid-October, Ha Van Sem (born in 1959), a Thai ethnic and a member of the farmers’ association of Na Chieng hamlet, Na Phon commune (Mai Chau), was the only representative of Hoa Binh province to be named in the top 100 outstanding farmers nationwide
Ha
Van Sem (far left), an outstanding Vietnamese farmer in 2023, succeeds with a
model of community-based tourism associated with high-end resort services.
Sem shared: "My family has been doing this
job since 2017. In the process of accumulating experience and expanding the
model, I fearlessly built several stilt houses and works to serve tourists.
Having achieved the current results, I do not forget the encouragement and help
of all-level agencies, especially the district and commune farmers'
associations, which have created conditions for me to approach, grasp market
needs, and take vocational classes on tour guides, cooking, and restaurant
management.”
Currently, his family has a spacious,
environmentally friendly homestay with service prices ranging from 1.5 - 2
million VND (61-82 USD) per stilt house per day. Tourists can rent luxury
accommodations fully equipped with living amenities for 1.5 million VND per
room per day.
Currently, many tourists choose Sem's
homestay facility. He himself is continuously learning and gaining experience
to serve visitors thoughtfully and increasingly professionally. In 021 - 2023,
his facility has achieved an average revenue of 1.3 billion VND a year, with a
profit of 700 - 800 million VND. Sem’s model is welcoming more and more foreign
visitors, mainly from Europe and Asia, along with domestic holiday-makers from
Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, and Thai Binh. The facility creates jobs for 11
labourers with an average income of over 5 million VND a person a month.
In particular, as a "leader" of
farmers working in tourism, he personally actively helps other members by
creating jobs from tourism-related services, encourages others to protect the
environment, ensure food hygiene and safety, and get engaged in social work and
movements in the locality. He also regularly encourages and helps association
members to develop business and tourism services imbued with Thai ethnic
identity.
Hoa Binh province’s Department of Education and Training on April 16 held a conference on the materialisation of the Prime Minister’s directive on the further implementation of the project on the application of population database, e-identification and e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030. The provincial Department of Education and Training signs cooperation agreements on cashless tuition fee collection with partners and businesses.
Creating jobs for labourers in general and young people in particular is currently a focus of the province, with vocational training linked to job creation considered one of the strategic breakthrough solutions.
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