Thanh Loc Commune (Hau Loc) has been focusing on exploiting the local potential and advantages, implementing economic development solutions. In particular, focusing on encouraging people to change the structure of crops and livestock, access and transfer science and technology into agricultural production; developing industry, handicrafts, and service business.
Thanh Phu village cultural house was built spaciously, meeting the living needs of the people.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoe, Director of the Export False Eyelash Production Company Limited, Thanh Dong village, said: "Previously, both my husband and I worked far away with many different jobs, the work was hard and we did not have time to take care of our children. Seeing that there were many idle agricultural workers in our hometown while life was still difficult, my husband and I returned to our hometown to start a business, opening a false eyelash production facility for export and domestic consumption, creating jobs for dozens of local workers with a stable income of 4 to 6 million/person/month". Thanks to people who boldly brought the profession back to their hometown like Ms. Hoe, many women with young children, the elderly, and the disabled in Thanh Loc commune have more jobs, stabilizing their lives right in their hometown.
In agriculture, Thanh Loc commune also focuses on increasing production value with many flexible methods. The commune strongly develops high-quality rice varieties, maintaining a cultivation area of 580 hectares, of which the rice cultivation area is nearly 30 hectares. Thanh Loc commune's agricultural service cooperative has signed a contract with Sao Khue Trading Joint Stock Company in Dong Hoang commune (Dong Son) to produce high-quality commercial rice with more than 220 tons of commercial rice purchased each year. In the commune, 19 economic models of farms and ranches with high economic efficiency have also been formed, such as: growing fruit trees combined with raising livestock and poultry; planting forestry trees; raising aquatic products... Many models generate revenue of hundreds of millions of VND/year. The commune currently has about 75,000 livestock and poultry. Livestock activities bring the locality an annual revenue of 7 to 10 billion VND.
In order for people to have capital to invest in production and business, Thanh Loc commune has directed associations and unions to pay attention to reviewing and playing a good role as a bridge to help households in need of capital to promptly access credit programs from the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and the Bank for Social Policies with outstanding loans reaching nearly 30 billion VND. Along with that, the Women's Union and Farmers' Association of the commune have mobilized members' households with good economic conditions to pay attention to and help members with difficult circumstances in terms of seeds, production capital, sharing experiences in planting, raising livestock, helping each other with working days; at the same time, directing associations to create conditions for members with difficulties to borrow from the association's fund to develop production and business. Thanks to that, economic sectors in Thanh Loc commune have developed quite evenly.
Mr. Bui Van Son, Secretary of the Thanh Loc Commune Party Committee, said: "Compared to previous years, the lives of people in the commune have been significantly improved. Every year, economic indicators such as agricultural production value; value of revenue from small-scale industry and services; average income per capita all exceed the plan. With improved income, people have been more active in responding to the Advanced New Rural Development Program, contributing funds to repair and upgrade the village cultural house as well as investing in purchasing cultural house equipment and outdoor sports equipment for cultural and sports activities. Specifically, in 2023 and the first 5 months of 2024, the commune will complete the construction of sidewalks and trees in Dong Go Mu residential area, rebuild Trung Communal House, and renovate Dong communal house; Thanh Phu village people contribute funds to build intra-village roads with a total cost of over 1 billion VND; Thanh Dong village people renovate, upgrade Dong temple with an amount of over 600 million VND...".
With the implementation of solutions associated with local practical conditions, up to now, the average income of Thanh Loc commune residents has reached nearly 65 million VND; the multidimensional poverty rate has decreased to below 1.8%. Compared to the general level of the district, the income of Thanh Loc commune residents up to now is not high, but for a purely agricultural commune, with terrain far from the district center, and a starting point with many limitations, this result has shown the determination and great efforts of the locality in implementing the ultimate goal of the New Rural Development Program, which is to continuously improve and raise the living standards of local people. In 2024, Thanh Loc commune strives to increase the average income per capita to 70 million VND.
Article and photos: Minh Ha
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