Ta Rut flourishes

Ms. Ho Thi Mai's grocery store creates a stable source of income for her family - Photo: LT

When they first got married, Ho Thi Mai and her husband in A Dang village, Ta Rut commune, faced many difficulties in life, with no assets other than a poor household certificate. Although they had land, short-term crops were only cultivated traditionally, so the economic value was not high. An opportunity for change came to the couple when the locality implemented programs and projects aimed at reducing poverty in remote and mountainous communes, so the family was selected to participate.

From the preferential loan, the young couple boldly invested in a small grocery store to serve the needs of the local people, at the same time, developed livestock and farming according to the knowledge they were trained. Thanks to that, the life of Ms. Mai's family has become more prosperous, their children have the conditions to study and grow up.

“I opened a grocery store in 2017, initially selling only basic items, but gradually I invested in becoming an agent for drinks and selling fresh food to serve people every day. In addition, thanks to support projects, my family planted 2 hectares of flower-shaped trees, and 5 hectares of acacia. Thanks to that, my family's income has stabilized and we have escaped poverty sustainably,” Mai happily shared.

A new feature in the economic development of Ta Rut in the past two years is that the rate of people finding jobs through labor export is increasingly focused on. With effective and quality linkage programs, the number of people in the area going to work abroad in countries such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, ... is increasing, proportional to that is creating a high and stable source of income and helping ethnic minorities have more conditions to change their lives.

Having a husband working abroad in Japan, the economic situation of Ms. Ho Thi Thia's family in Ta Rut 1 village is now completely different from before. "My husband has been working abroad since the end of 2023, earning an average of more than 30 million VND per month. This source of income has helped the family build a new house, pay off bank loans and take care of the children's education. In addition, this is also an important source of capital to help me at home have the conditions to further develop the economy by growing acacia, cassava and bananas," Ms. Thia confided.

Ta Rut commune currently has 7 villages with 1,333 households/5,147 people. This is a locality that was once considered an "isolated area" located dozens of kilometers away from the center of Dakrong district. To get to Ta Rut, there is only Ho Chi Minh road, but it is seriously degraded. In recent years, the attention and investment in building a synchronous infrastructure system of electricity, roads, schools, stations, especially rural transportation has contributed to changing the face of Ta Rut, creating conditions for people to trade, exchange and buy and sell to develop socio-economic.

In 2024 alone, the whole commune has a total cultivated area of ​​over 662 hectares, mainly crops such as rice, corn, cassava, vegetables of all kinds... with a grain output of nearly 600 tons. The total herd of livestock and poultry is over 9,400. There are currently 58 service businesses in the area that bring economic efficiency. Thanks to that, up to now, the local poverty rate has decreased to 39.9%.

The settlement of administrative procedures is carried out publicly and transparently, reducing time for organizations and citizens. In 2024, the locality had 17/19 socio-economic targets achieved and exceeded according to the set plan.

Chairman of Ta Rut Commune People's Committee Ho Van Buoc said that the socio-economic development results of the commune in recent years are a great motivation for the people and local authorities to continue to make more efforts in socio-economic development and new rural construction. In particular, the commune's goal is that by 2025, the total local budget revenue will reach over 7.9 billion VND, of which, the local revenue will be 110 million VND; the poverty rate will be reduced by 5%, 2 more criteria will be added and 1 village will reach the new rural construction target...

With the advantage of having the Ho Chi Minh Highway passing through, along with the increasingly vibrant import and export activities through La Lay International Border Gate, it is hoped that this will be an opportunity to turn Ta Rut into a dynamic urban area. The local Party Committee and government have made efforts to turn these opportunities into a fulcrum for economic development, so the lives of the people have changed significantly.

To help Ta Rut achieve those orientations, we hope to continue to receive more attention and support from all levels so that the locality can continue to make efforts to build a more and more developed mountainous commune. These are also the foundations and prerequisites towards building a master plan for the new urban area of ​​Ta Rut until 2045 according to the orientation of Quang Tri province.

Le Truong

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/khoi-sac-ta-rut-193527.htm