Mr. Nguyen Van Tien, Chairman of the Association of War Veterans in Tong Lanh Commune, said: Responding to the movement "War veterans help each other reduce poverty, do good business ", the Association of War Veterans in the commune has received entrusted management from the Social Policy Bank for more than 7.4 billion VND, established 5 savings and loan groups, with 146 members. From preferential loans, war veteran households have built many effective economic models; some war veterans have established businesses, invested in processing facilities, purchased agricultural products for farmers, built livestock farms, many models have income from 250 million to more than 1 billion VND/year and created jobs for hundreds of workers who are children of war veteran members and local people. Currently, the Association of War Veterans in the commune has only 10 poor households.
Visiting the porcupine farming model of Mr. Luong Van Chuong, Veterans Association of Na Lan village. After 3 years of volunteering in Laos, in 1986, Mr. Chuong was discharged from the army and returned to his hometown. Although he participated in many positions in the commune and village and actively worked in production, his family's economy was still difficult. In 2015, after researching and understanding the market, Mr. Chuong decided to invest in porcupine farming, starting with only 3 pairs of porcupine breeders. Up to now, the porcupine herd has always maintained nearly 100 porcupines.
Mr. Luong Van Chuong shared: Porcupine is a wild animal, has high resistance, is rarely infected with diseases, porcupine meat is very good for health, so it is favored by the market. Building a cage is simple, does not take up much space, the main food is available vegetables, tubers, and fruits. Porcupines reproduce twice a year, each litter has 2-4 children, and after raising them for a year, they can reach a weight of 10 kg. Each year, the family sells nearly 1 ton of porcupine meat, after deducting expenses, earning a profit of 250 million VND.
Veterans Association member Ha Van Dinh, village 3, invested in a closed, industrial-scale pig farm covering an area of over 2 hectares, monitored by a camera system. Mr. Dinh shared: The farm regularly maintains 50 sows and over 300 pigs, so it is necessary to minimize the pigs' exposure to the outside environment to prevent disease. Every day, there is a veterinary engineer directly monitoring; all waste is treated with a biogas tank, ensuring environmental hygiene. The pigs for meat are sold under a contract with a business in Hanoi ; the breeding pigs are both raised and supplied to people in the area. After deducting expenses, the profit each year is over 1 billion VND. In addition, the farm also creates regular jobs for 10 local workers, with an average income of over 8 million VND/person/month.
With the motto "War veterans set good examples, contribute ideas, and contribute to building new rural areas", the War Veterans Association of Tong Lanh commune has promoted propaganda and mobilized members to contribute hundreds of working days and tens of millions of VND to build traffic and irrigation works to serve life and production. Currently, the Association is self-managing 16 rural traffic routes.
Promoting the movement "CVDs help each other reduce poverty and do good business", the Association of War Veterans in Tong Lanh commune focuses on reviewing the income of war veteran households according to the criteria for building new rural areas, propagating and guiding members to apply scientific and technical advances, invest in expanding production scale, and improve living standards. At the same time, with the spirit of mutual love and affection, promoting the qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers", mobilizing war veterans to support and help poor war veteran households to develop the economy. Striving to have no poor war veteran households in Tong Lanh by the end of 2026.
Source: https://baosonla.vn/kinh-te/cuu-chien-binh-tong-lanh-lam-kinh-te-gioi-FS2iR3LNR.html
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