Village mirror

Mr. Sinh is very happy to see his adopted child having a happy life. Photo: LV

Typical economic practice

The house of Mr. Ho Truong Sinh (Co ethnic group) is located in the middle of a cool garden in Tra Giang commune. Although he is over 70 years old, Mr. Sinh still diligently grows fruit trees, plants forests, and cultivates upland rice every day.

Mr. Sinh’s family farm of more than 2 hectares was built quite far from the residential area where he lives. Therefore, every day, Mr. Sinh regularly goes from home to the farm several times.

Mr. Sinh said: “Working makes old age happy. Working makes you economically and contributes a little to society, which is also happiness. When you do something, you say something so people will listen, believe and follow.”

In an effort to develop the family economy, Mr. Sinh sells more than 300 free-range chickens and 2 litters of pigs each year. He also grows nearly 20 hectares of acacia, earning nearly 200 million VND each year; opens additional cooking and wedding catering services, both solving idle labor for villagers and bringing in a stable source of income.

Mr. Sinh is an elderly member, a prestigious and enthusiastic person of Tra Giang commune, so he is always exemplary, fully participating in meetings organized by the commune and district.

At the meetings, Mr. Sinh proposed many practical solutions to mobilize elderly members to participate in production development and build harmonious and exemplary families.

Besides, he participated in propaganda, mobilizing villagers to voluntarily donate land to open roads and build schools. His family also donated nearly 200 square ^meters of residential land, many crops and other structures to build a clean concrete road into the village, convenient for traffic and transporting goods outside.

Mr. Sinh is a shining example of the elderly, like an ancient tree spreading shade in the vast highlands. No matter how busy he is, whenever he hears of a funeral, illness, or misfortune in the village, he arranges to come and encourage and share.

For elderly, weak, and lonely members, he regularly contacts and, together with representatives of the District and Commune Elderly Association, visits their families and gives gifts to add joy to life.

Mr. Ho Truong Sinh was honored to receive the Commemorative Medal from the Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Committee for his many contributions to the cause of building and developing the great solidarity bloc of Vietnamese ethnic groups in 2016; and was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Prime Minister for his outstanding achievements in implementing policies for people with revolutionary contributions, contributing to the cause of building socialism and defending the Fatherland in 2017.

Mr. Sinh confided: “For people in the highlands, they still have the mindset of wanting to be poor to receive support, they do not want to work, so I and the leaders of the village and commune have to mobilize and help. Many people here grow acacia, they have exploited it but do not have money to buy seeds, so I give them more support.

After 5 years when it is time to exploit, they will return it to contribute to raising awareness. My family always tries to support those who are not capable, encourage people to do business, and build their own lives."

Sponsor an orphan

Not only did Mr. Sinh do a good job in the association of the elderly, prestigious people and good producers, but he was also loved by the Co and Ca Dong people here because of his kind heart. In the village, there were many unfortunate and difficult situations, and Mr. Sinh took them all in and helped them. That is why the villagers called him “The Father of Orphans”.

Ho Thi Be's daughter was happy when her grandfather Sinh came to visit. Photo: LV

Previously, seeing the situation of Ms. Ho Thi Be in the village who was orphaned and had no place to live, Mr. Sinh adopted her, gave her a good education and then married her off. Mr. Sinh and his wife also divided a piece of land for Ms. Be and created conditions for her to build a house as if she were their own child.

Ms. Be emotionally said: “Thanks to Mr. Sinh for adopting me, taking care of me, and giving me an education, my life is as good as it is today. I really appreciate and am grateful for Mr. Sinh’s kindness.”

Recently, Mr. Sinh and his wife also adopted two orphaned brothers, Ho Nhat Linh (Co ethnic group) in the village. Unfortunately, Linh's father passed away early, and shortly after, their mother, who was their only support, also passed away due to a serious illness. With no relatives left, the charity house was a place for Linh and his brother to take shelter from the sun and rain. Seeing their pitiful situation, Mr. Sinh and his wife took care of them and provided for their education until they grew up.

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