In addition to her main job of raising fish in cages and working during the harvest season, in her free time, Ms. Kha (far left) also makes conical hats to earn extra income.

After chatting with Ms. Kha for a while, the conversation was constantly interrupted by neighbors stopping by Ms. Kha's grocery store to buy things. While busy selling goods, Ms. Kha shared: Selling groceries and making hats is just a side job, my main job is raising fish in cages on the river and growing crops. Before, my family had a hard life, the economy depended on a few fields. As the three children grew up, all expenses increased. But the income from a few fields was only enough to get by. I thought, I have good health, the conditions for economic development in the locality are not without, if I lack capital, I can borrow, but if I don't even have enough to eat, who knows when I will be able to save up capital. So I discussed with my husband to rent more land to grow sugarcane and peanuts and borrow capital to raise fish in cages on the river. Thanks to borrowing capital and choosing a suitable economic development model, my family's economy has become increasingly stable.

Currently, Ms. Kha's family raises three cages of grass carp, each year producing two harvests. With the form of alternating farming and self-selecting the breed to raise the baby fish, her family's fish always grow healthily, with each cage yielding an average of 1.5 tons of fish per crop. Traders come to the site to purchase the commercial fish.

Raising fish in cages is quite hard work. During the process, you must always follow the techniques of cleaning the cages, managing excess food, monitoring the water source, etc., checking the growth of the fish in terms of size and weight. Raising fish in cages on the river requires quite high investment costs for cages, fish fry, and food. Thanks to accessing preferential loans entrusted through the women's channel, Ms. Kha and her husband have developed the profession of raising fish in cages on the river and have a good income.

"To raise fish in cages with high profits like now, I also had to go broke. When I first started raising fish, I had no experience so I raised unsuitable fish and bought poor quality fish. Through learning, I realized that grass carp is the most suitable fish species for local water conditions. To be able to raise two batches a year, I have to breed the fish myself. The quality of the breeds will be controlled during the breeding batches, thanks to which the fish always grow evenly and healthily," Ms. Kha added.

Busy with fish farming, Kha and her husband still rent more land, grow more than one hectare of rice, sugarcane, beans... to increase the family's income. Coming from a farming family, attached to the fields since childhood, she does not hesitate to do any job, as long as she has the strength to do it and earn honest money.

Thanks to her diligence, Ms. Kha's family is getting better and better. Not only can she take the initiative in household expenses and raise her children, she also built a spacious and clean house. Every year, after deducting expenses, her family earns over 250 million VND from cage fish farming, farming...

Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, President of the Women's Union of Dan Dien commune commented: Ms. Kha is an example of effort, hard work, and striving in labor production, developing the family economy for female members to follow. Not only finding a suitable economic development direction to have a stable life, Ms. Kha is also an example of raising and teaching good children. Her children all have good academic results, and the eldest is currently studying at university. Despite her busy work in farming, fish farming, trading... Ms. Kha always actively participates in the movements and activities of the association.

Article and photos: THAO VY

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