'Livelihood fishing rod' helps women

QTO - The Women's Union of Dong Thuan Ward has 34 branches and 145 women's groups with nearly 5,000 members. With the motto that women are the core force in developing household economies and building happy and prosperous communities, women-led movements have made steady progress, contributing to the successful achievement of the socio-economic goals set forth in the first Resolution of the Ward Party Committee.

Supporting women entrepreneurs

Entering the Quang Binh specialty sweet potato market in 2018, Linh Hue sweet potatoes have gradually become a reputable and passionate brand of Ms. Truong Thi Hue in residential area 13, Dong Thuan ward. Through tireless efforts, in 2019, the Linh Hue sweet potato brand was recognized as a 3-star OCOP product. From a small, artisanal production facility, Linh Hue Co., Ltd. was established, expanding its production scale and building a distribution network in many major provinces and cities nationwide, such as Da Nang, Hanoi , and Ho Chi Minh City.

Ms. Truong Thi Hue, Deputy Director of Linh Hue Co., Ltd., shared: "With nearly 10 years of experience in producing the specialty chewy sweet potato, the expansion of the province will bring both advantages and disadvantages that will impact production and business. Therefore, the Linh Hue chewy sweet potato brand must adhere to traditional, family-inherited production methods, ensuring high quality, softness, chewiness, aroma, and deliciousness. The packaging must be modern, convenient, and hygienic, ensuring food safety, clear traceability, and suitability to customer preferences, especially tourists . Thanks to this, the company maintains a production scale of approximately 30 tons of fresh sweet potatoes per year, providing stable employment for 10 women."

Supporting livelihood models to help poor women - Photo: Provided

Ms. Truong Thi Hue is one of 15 women who own businesses, manage cooperatives, or run household businesses, and 25 women entrepreneurs who are receiving support from the Dong Thuan Ward Women's Union to improve their business capacity, connect with consumers, and contribute to promoting local traditional products.

Implementing the "Supporting Women's Entrepreneurship" project for the period 2017-2025, the Women's Union of Dong Thuan ward organized a training course on food safety for 200 officials, members, and workers at businesses, cooperatives, and food production, processing, and trading establishments owned by women.

In accordance with the action plan of the Dong Thuan Ward Party Committee to develop tourism into a key economic sector, the Women's Union of the ward has also intensified propaganda work, attracting 4,470 women to participate; opened 5 training courses in bartending, tourism service skills, and foreign languages ​​for 175 women; and encouraged women working in the tourism business and service sector to practice civilized behavior, preserve the environment, and maintain a healthy security and order.

Giving people the "fishing rod for livelihood".

Ms. Phan Thi Sam, Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Dong Thuan Ward, said: Through entrusted activities at the Social Policy Bank and the mobilization of savings deposits with 7 savings groups, 328 women have been provided with loans to develop household economies, expand production and business with a total loan amount of over 17,177 million VND. In addition, the NAPA fund managed by the union is maintaining over 12,696 million VND; 98% of women members practice at least one form of saving such as saving in piggy banks; the credit and savings groups help spread the movement "Following Uncle Ho's example, practicing thrift to help each other reduce poverty sustainably".

Savings initiatives such as "Collecting scrap materials, protecting the environment, building a charity fund," "Green House," "Humanitarian Box," and "Saving money in piggy banks" raised over 100 million VND, supporting 152 women and children in difficult circumstances. Responding to the "Million Gifts Sharing Love" program, the Women's Union of the ward and its branches actively mobilized social resources to distribute 100 gifts to disadvantaged women members, totaling 35 million VND. These gifts, delivered directly to members, not only provided material support but also demonstrated care and compassion for vulnerable women in the area.

In response to the peak emulation campaign to celebrate the 14th National Congress of the Vietnam Women's Union, term 2026-2031, the Dong Thuan Women's Union awarded 5 livelihood models to 5 families of female members from poor and near-poor households, with each model worth 5 million VND for raising chickens and pigs, contributing to helping women develop their economy, stabilize their lives and rise out of poverty.

Ho An

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/xa-hoi/202605/can-cau-sinh-ke-giup-phu-nu-831709d/