Get rich from specialized water spinach growing model

Mr. Nguyen Van Bi has achieved many successes with the specialized water spinach growing model.

Previously, Mr. Bi had 3,000 ^{square meters} of land growing okra, cucumbers, and tomatoes, but the efficiency was not high, and at times he even had to sell all the land to pay off debt. When he realized that water spinach was easy to grow and had a stable output, Mr. Bi rented about 3,000 square ^meters of land to develop a specialized water spinach growing model. Mr. Bi said: "Water spinach takes about 18 days from sowing to harvesting. After each harvest, I improve and treat the soil and sow seeds for the next crop." With this method, every day, Mr. Bi supplies the market with about 500-600 kg of water spinach, with prices ranging from 6,000-10,000 VND/kg, depending on the time. According to Mr. Bi, after harvesting, traders come to the field to buy the water spinach, so there is no need to worry about product output.

With his business going well, Mr. Bi accumulated capital and bought 5,000 ^{square meters} of land to grow specialized water spinach. At the same time, he mobilized 6 farmers to form a water spinach growing cooperative. By 2010, he mobilized 10 members to join and upgraded the cooperative to Hoa Phat Safe Vegetable Cooperative, with a cultivated area of 6 hectares, with him as the director.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu in Thoi Hoa area, shared: "In 2010, I joined Hoa Phat Safe Vegetable Cooperative and started growing water spinach following Uncle Bi's instructions, from soil preparation to how to use biofertilizers, paying attention to the time to isolate fertilizers and pesticides for vegetables before harvesting... Up to now, I have mastered the ways to grow water spinach in a safe direction, achieving quite high productivity". With an area of ^2,000m2 , each day, Mr. Hieu harvests over 300kg of water spinach, earning about 1 million VND.

Not only applying advanced farming techniques well, in 2018, Mr. Bi and the cooperative members started to build an automatic irrigation system, combined with building a railway to transport water spinach, investing in specialized water spinach washing basins... to both increase production efficiency and improve the quality of safe vegetables after harvest. Up to now, after 15 years of construction and development, the Hoa Phat safe vegetable brand has maintained its reputation in the market, trusted and chosen by consumers, thereby bringing high economic value. This has attracted many farmers to join the cooperative, sticking with the profession of growing water spinach for a long time.

In addition to being good at business and contributing to solving the problem of idle labor in the locality when harvesting water spinach, Mr. Bi actively participates in local movements, notably mobilizing people and philanthropists to contribute to building bridges, roads and social security work.

With his achievements, for many consecutive years, Mr. Nguyen Van Bi has achieved the title of excellent farmer and businessman at the city level. In 2022, Mr. Bi was voted as an "Outstanding Vietnamese Farmer" and in May 2025, Mr. Bi was awarded a certificate of merit by the City Farmers' Association for his outstanding achievements in 5 years of implementing the city-level emulation movement for good production and business in the period 2021-2025.

Article and photos: TT

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