Long Hung fresh "Dragon" land

According to historical records, about 500 years ago, our ancestors came to the land of Long Hung today to reclaim, live and establish Long Doi village. Gradually, later generations changed the name of Long Doi village to Long Hung and that name has existed until now. Through many changes, Long Hung village, Hai Phu commune, Hai Lang district, has increasingly developed, taking on the appearance of a modern countryside...

Long Hung fresh

The appearance of Long Hung village is increasingly spacious - Photo: NB

Along National Highway 1 passing through Hai Lang district, there are many prosperous countrysides, but perhaps Long Hung village leaves the most impression because of its spacious appearance like a miniature "urban area".

Although it is a rural area, the infrastructure here is invested in and developed synchronously in a modern and spacious direction. Many flower roads, model gardens, trees, and cultural institutions in the residential area create a very livable space. Along with that are modern, majestic, and high-rise houses springing up close together.

Party cell secretary and head of Long Hung village, Tran Kim Vinh, said: “Currently, Long Hung village has 711 households with about 2,760 people. Although it is a rural area, the main income of the people is from business, trade, and services, and agriculture is only a secondary source.

Currently, the trade and service sector in Long Hung village accounts for about 67%. In the past 5 years, the appearance of Long Hung village has changed rapidly, the urbanization rate is also quite fast, rural roads are up to 6.5m wide in many places, cultural institutions and people's lives are constantly increasing, the average income per capita in 2023 is 77 million VND/person/year".

In Long Hung, the cooperative economy has developed very strongly, mainly in services such as: auctioning fish ponds to produce and trade fish fry to supply the market; renting kiosks and premises to develop business lines; garbage collection; irrigation, water resources; production management...

In particular, the outstanding service is the property leasing service. Long Hung Cooperative has maintained kiosks and production and business establishments for member households to participate in leasing to solve employment and increase income for the household economy. At the same time, Long Hung Cooperative also organizes auctions of rice fields, fertile land, and leases premises to help increase revenue for the Cooperative.

Although agricultural production accounts for a much lower proportion than trade and services, people and members of Long Hung Cooperative still focus on producing rice 2 crops/year with a cultivated area of about 108 hectares per crop, an average yield of 50-52 quintals/ha, and an output of 540-560 tons/crop. People have planted rice varieties such as: ST25, Dai Thom 08, HN6, Khang Dan, RVT... for good quality rice, highly appreciated by the market, consumed strongly, bringing quite high economic efficiency.

Besides rice production, Long Hung people also grow cassava, corn, and raise livestock and poultry to develop the economy.

In Long Hung, the aquaculture area is only 35 hectares but the economic efficiency on the same area is very high. On average, each year the output of commercial fish is about 125 tons and the market is supplied with 900,000 fingerlings and 2 million fry.

Local people have also boldly combined high-value fish farming with recreational fishing services. This combined model has brought in a fairly high and stable income for fish farmers, while opening up a new direction for local people and accompanying services.

Over the past years, Long Hung people have boldly invested in growing K4 - Hai Phu oranges. Currently, the whole village has 14 households growing oranges on a large scale with a total area of 25 hectares, each hectare brings in an average income of 250 - 300 million VND.

In parallel, the Orange Growing Cooperative has applied VietGAP standards to improve quality and expand the consumption market. Taking advantage of the soil, Long Hung people have developed production forests up to 139 hectares. Planting production forests according to FSC certification and intensive forests, linking production with the market has brought great income to people, contributing to improving income and improving the quality of life.

In 2023, Long Hung Cooperative's total social income will reach 205 billion VND, with an average income per capita of 77 million VND/person/year. Following those successes, in 2024, Long Hung Cooperative has developed a production and business plan with the goal of reaching a total social income of over 210 billion VND, and an average income per capita of 80 million VND/person/year.

To achieve that result, the Party cell, village executive committee, and Long Hung Cooperative have increased propaganda and mobilized people and members to actively exploit the available potential in the locality to transform the economic structure to improve production and business efficiency, contributing to the implementation of the national target program on building model new rural areas in the area.

Commenting on the development of Long Hung village in recent times, Chairman of Hai Phu Commune People's Committee Nguyen Nhac said: "After many years of building new rural areas, Long Hung village has developed rapidly and quite comprehensively in many fields. As a village with a geographical location adjacent to Quang Tri town, the urbanization rate in Long Hung is quite fast. Besides, the trade and service sectors in Long Hung have developed strongly, and the people's lives have been constantly improved. In the coming time, the locality will focus resources to support villages, including Long Hung village, to continue to develop the economy, improve infrastructure, especially build model traffic routes, model gardens, model hamlets and other cultural institutions".

Van Trang

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