Mr. Vo Trung Manh, Chairman of Tu Mo Rong District People's Committee, said that the district's Agricultural Service Center coordinated with the Dak Na Commune People's Committee (Tu Mo Rong District) to organize the free distribution of 3,320 Ngoc Linh ginseng seedlings to 40 poor, near-poor, and ethnic minority households.

The Ngoc Linh ginseng granted is a 1-year-old variety, disease-free, growing and developing well. The total funding granted is nearly 1 billion VND, from the national target program for sustainable poverty reduction to support production according to the value chain.

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The total funding for Ngoc Linh ginseng seeds is worth nearly 1 billion VND, from the national target program for sustainable poverty reduction. Photo: Contributor

The households receiving Ngoc Linh ginseng seeds this time are from Dak Na and Van Xuoi communes, of which Dak Na commune has 35 households and Van Xuoi commune has 5 households.

Immediately after receiving the ginseng, the center's staff and the Dak Na Commune People's Committee went with the people to the old forests planned for ginseng cultivation to plant the seeds. Here, the people were instructed on planting and caring techniques so that the ginseng could grow and develop well.

According to Mr. Vo Trung Manh, in recent times, from many sources of capital and support, Tu Mo Rong district has organized the distribution of Ngoc Linh ginseng to poor and near-poor households to develop the economy. Thanks to that, people have built precious Ngoc Linh ginseng gardens, many households have escaped poverty and become rich.

“The district’s support of Ngoc Linh ginseng varieties to 40 households this time aims to help the Xo Dang people have more livelihoods to develop the economy, thereby increasing their income and escaping poverty. The district will send cadres to help the people take care of the ginseng, so that the ginseng has a high survival rate, can be quickly expanded and generate income from this ginseng garden,” Mr. Manh shared.

According to the Chairman of the People's Committee of Tu Mo Rong district, preliminary statistics show that in the past 5 years, Ngoc Linh ginseng has contributed to eliminating nearly 2,000 poor households, helping hundreds of households get rich and develop the economy, with some households earning tens of billions of VND each year.