Chau Thanh youth start creative business

- In recent years, the District Youth Union and the Youth Union of Chau Thanh district have actively coordinated with functional agencies to implement many activities to advise, orient and support young people to start a business. Thereby, helping many local young people effectively implement effective start-up models and projects, contributing to job creation, income increase and life stabilization.

Starting a business from the oyster mushroom growing model of young man Huynh Cong Truong

Chau Thanh District Youth Union Secretary Truong Thanh Trung said that in recent years, the District Youth Union and the District Youth Union have constantly innovated and implemented many programs and activities to promote and communicate awareness, arouse the entrepreneurial spirit of young people and accompany young people in starting businesses, and promote family economic development among union members and young people, with rich and diverse contents and forms.

Based on the actual needs of young people, the District Youth Union and the Youth Union coordinate with departments, branches and organizations to implement policies to support capital for economic development; train in transferring science and technology, introduce effective start-up models for young people to visit and study. In addition, support young people to access digital transformation to promote youth products. Specifically, the District Youth Union and the Youth Union launched and the Youth Union proposed more than 210 ideas and initiatives for the campaign "Each young person has an idea, creative initiative". Of which, 13 ideas and initiatives of the Youth Union were supported to be implemented and realized; 1 initiative, creative solution in labor, production - business, with a profit value of over 40 million VND; 1 product won second prize in the An Giang Province Creative Startup Ideas Contest in 2024.

The District Youth Union and Youth Union at all levels in the district also encourage members and young people to boldly and actively participate in economic development projects organized by the union and association; guide and organize models of youth clubs that are good at doing business to create jobs for young people; undertake the implementation of local economic projects. Continue to maintain and effectively implement many models of accompanying young people, such as: contributing revolving capital, helping each other with working days, helping each other with plants and seeds, etc.

Accompanying and supporting young people to establish themselves and start a business, in recent years, the District Youth Union and the District Youth Union have actively supported young people in the province to access loan sources for economic development. At the same time, they have paid attention to coordinating to organize consulting and support for start-ups, job creation, and short-term vocational training for young people. In the period of 2019 - 2024, the Executive Committee of Chau Thanh District Youth Union supported 14 young people to borrow capital to do business (0% interest rate) from Project 01 "Support 65 young households to escape poverty and develop sustainably", with a total capital of over 156 million VND; coordinated with the An Giang Provincial Youth Startup Support Center to support 2 young people to borrow capital from the Youth Startup Support Fund of 160 million VND; supported 34 young people to borrow capital to implement the Loan Program to support job creation and maintain and expand job creation from the Social Policy Bank of 1.7 billion VND.

With many practical ways, the Chau Thanh district Youth Union at all levels has aroused the spirit of entrepreneurship, creativity, aspiration, and growth in the homeland, enriching themselves, their families, and society. Many youth start-up models in the district have brought about economic efficiency, such as: Le Vu Linh with the model of "making ornamental pots"; Cao Thanh Nghia with the model of "Garden - pond - cage"; Do Minh Trung with the model of "Producing aluminum cabinets"; Nguyen Thi Tieng with the model of "Growing straw mushrooms"; Le Thanh Trung with the model of "Raising eels for reproduction"; Mr. Nguyen Minh Hau with the model of raising betta fish (ornamental fish)... As one of the young people supported with a loan of 60 million VND to start a business in 2024, Mr. Huynh Cong Truong (Dong Phu 1 hamlet, Vinh Thanh commune) has quite successfully implemented the model of growing oyster mushrooms. Mr. Truong said: “When I received the loan, I invested in more equipment, expanded the greenhouse and seedbed. I have enough machinery, which will shorten the care time, increase productivity and product quality, so my income will also increase compared to before.”

Chau Thanh District Youth Union and Youth Union will continue to promote propaganda and raise awareness of start-ups and innovative start-ups; establish teams of young volunteer intellectuals with expertise in guiding people and young union members on how to apply science and technology in start-ups. At the same time, promote the effectiveness of the Project to support young people to escape poverty; help young union members access preferential loans to develop production and business; pay attention to supporting connections, introducing, promoting and consuming products of young start-ups. Strengthen career counseling, job introduction, vocational training; replicate successful start-up and career models of young people; commend and honor outstanding young start-ups...

KHANH MY

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