Mr. Hoang Manh Long is a famous arowana fish farmer in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City. Thanks to raising arowana fish (a noble fish), continuously expanding the scale and recently adding tourism, the whole countryside of Mit Nai hamlet, Phuoc Thanh commune, Cu Chi district has benefited.
Saigon tycoon is a farmer who earns billions from raising arowana fish
Ho Chi Minh City is in the process of restructuring its agriculture, focusing on applying high technology and biotechnology in production.
Catching up with this trend, some farmers in the suburbs have invested in technology in flower gardens, ornamental plants, ornamental fish, etc., earning billions of dong each year.
In particular, the projects also help farmers in the region increase their income, escape poverty and turn rural areas into livable places.
We came to Mr. Hoang Manh Long's Hong Anh Arowana farm located in Phuoc Thanh commune, Cu Chi district and were overwhelmed by the grandeur of the Arowana farm. This is both a place to display and introduce Arowana fish and a place to breed and sell them to the market.
Arowana fish is known as the fish of the rich, the fish of the nobility, and has a very high market price. Mr. Long is the owner of the largest Arowana fish farm in Ho Chi Minh City.
Pointing to small white arowana and yellow arowana fish, he said the value was tens of millions of dong. Large, beautiful ones are sold at even higher prices on the market, up to tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of dong.
Saigon farmers raise arowana fish - a noble species: Mr. Hoang Manh Long next to a transparent arowana glass tank serving visitors and taking photos in Mit Nai hamlet, Phuoc Thanh commune, Cu Chi district (HCMC). Photo: Thuy Lien
“I have raised Arowana for more than 20 years. I have detailed experience in breeding and raising them to ensure they are the most beautiful. Currently, Arowana at the farm are sold all over the country,” said Mr. Long.
Hong Anh Arowana Farm is the largest Arowana breeding site in Ho Chi Minh City today. Photo: Thuy Lien
The farm owner also confirmed that arowana fish have high economic value, so the annual revenue is up to billions of dong. He also said that the demand from the market, especially ornamental fish, is still very good. This is a favorable condition for the farm to continue breeding.
Thanks to its experience in raising arowana fish and its continuously growing scale, the farm has created jobs for more than a dozen local workers.
Farmers in the area are trained in care and breeding techniques to produce the most beautiful arowanas. Each worker earns about 10 million VND/person/month. Thanks to that, many people have had stable jobs for more than ten years.
Make the countryside a livable place
Recently, Mr. Hoang Manh Long decided to invest and turn his Arowana fish farm into an eco-tourism destination in Cu Chi. The Dragon Land Eco-tourism Area is located in an area of over 11,000m2 on Kenh Dong Street, Mit Nai Hamlet, Phuoc Thanh Commune, Cu Chi District.
Hong Anh Arowana Farm Eco-tourism Area has a large scale and giant fish statues that delight many visitors. Photo: Thuy Lien
The tourist area has a pond, a dragon fish exhibition area, a pet area, a tropical garden, and a miniature water park. The farm has the typical characteristics of an ecological urban agricultural production area combined with experiential tourism.
Guests only need to buy drinks from 50,000 VND to enjoy the services.
“Because I saw that the locality had few entertainment venues, while the dragon fish farm had a large area, a beautiful location, and beautiful fish, I decided to invest properly, investing in many new items to do tourism, creating a destination for people to have fun,” said Mr. Long.
This tourist area helps Cu Chi district residents have a place to play and entertain while also creating jobs for many other workers. Currently, every morning, more than a dozen people from the commune come to the tourist area to work. Young men and women focus on selling tickets and drinks, while older people in their 40s are in charge of cleaning and cooking. The average income per person is 7-10 million VND/person.
The farm has many different areas, providing people in Cu Chi district with places to play and entertain. Photo: Thuy Lien
Mr. Long’s investment in this tourism model has initially been effective. On weekends, many people in Cu Chi district and neighboring areas flock here to have fun.
This is one of the effective models in Cu Chi district in developing agriculture according to new models to help farmers get rich, people in the area have stable income, at the same time, improve the material and spiritual life of local people in the direction of sustainable poverty reduction.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Bay, living in Phuoc Thanh commune, Cu Chi district, said that when her children invited her to come and play, she was surprised by the tourist area.
She praised the road leading to the tourist area, whether it is a rural road, an inner-field road, or a canal road, but it is very beautiful, airy, and cars can run smoothly. This is the result of many years of Cu Chi district focusing on building a new countryside. In addition to convenient roads, there are more and more places for people in the area to have fun and relax.
The leader of Cu Chi district said that in the process of building new rural areas, traffic and roads in the district are currently very convenient. This helps people travel easily, at the same time, connecting domestic and foreign tourists to Cu Chi for sightseeing. Tourism development helps extend the value chain of the agricultural sector, helping farmers get rich, improving their material and spiritual life.
Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, said that Ho Chi Minh City is focusing on developing rural agricultural tourism models to help farmers have good income, making the city's rural areas a livable place.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has requested departments, branches and localities to build, renovate, upgrade and complete synchronous infrastructure (transportation, electricity and clean water systems, medical and healthcare infrastructure, toilets, parking lots and points, guidance and indicator systems, digital infrastructure and telecommunications connections, waste and wastewater collection and treatment, etc.) in cultural tourism villages, rural tourism villages and tourist destinations suitable to the needs of tourists, ensuring harmony with the space and landscape associated with the cultural characteristics of each area.
Source: https://danviet.vn/dai-gia-sai-gon-la-ong-nong-dan-nuoi-ca-quy-toc-mo-diem-du-lich-khach-lon-khach-nho-dang-vao-xem-20250214175413657.htm
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