The veteran who is a good businessman in Huong Son

At the age of 60, veteran Nguyen Van Tam is not only good at economics but also exemplary in movements.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tam (born in 1965, residing in Lam Dong village, Son Lam commune, Huong Son) is the second child in a family of 4 brothers, his parents are farmers. In 1984, after finishing high school, young man Nguyen Van Tam joined the army, assigned to Battalion 17, Regiment 27, Division 390, stationed in Ha Trung district (Thanh Hoa), and was discharged at the end of 1987 and returned to his hometown.

In 1988, he married a girl from the same village, Nguyen Thi Hoai (born in 1968) and had 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. The life of the young couple with farming profession, many children while only having 4 sao of rice fields, always fell into the situation of "lacking in front and behind". In 1990, thanks to the support of both parents, the couple bought a garden near where their parents lived, with a fairly large area ( ^3,100m2 ) to separate the household and start a business until now.

In 2020, Mr. Tam's garden won second prize in the model garden of Huong Son district.

At their new home, the young couple continued to renovate the hill garden by completely cutting down miscellaneous trees, hiring a bulldozer, re-planning the garden to grow fruit trees and raise livestock to develop the economy. “In this area, the land is mainly hilly, with a high slope, so if you want to develop the economy in the long term, you have to invest capital and effort. In 1994, my wife and I had to run around everywhere to borrow more than 150 million VND to renovate the garden and rebuild the entire embankment to keep the garden soil from being washed away,” Mr. Tam recalled.

Along with investing in building a model of growing fruit trees combined with raising livestock, Mr. Tam also studied carpentry at a local production facility to earn more income. Thanks to his "god-given" talent, after 4 years of studying and working, his skills gradually improved. Since then, Mr. Tam has been invited to work at many carpentry production facilities in Huong Son district with an income of no less than 10 million VND/month.

In 1998, grasping the trend of raising deer for economic efficiency, Mr. Tam and his wife bought a pair of deer to try raising. Thanks to his "cool hand" and mastery of raising techniques, Mr. Tam and his wife's deer herd has continuously grown, always stably at more than 20 animals. Currently, in addition to the deer herd, Mr. Tam also raises 10 buffaloes and cows, hundreds of chickens, and 30 bee colonies for honey. His family's fruit garden has over 50 grapefruit trees, 40 dragon fruit trees, and many other valuable crops such as turmeric and ginger. In 2020, Mr. Tam's garden won second prize in the model garden of Huong Son district.

Not stopping there, Mr. Tam also contracted to protect 3 hectares of protective forest, thanks to which he was able to take advantage of this land area to grow many types of fruit trees with high economic efficiency such as oranges, mangoes, and Taiwanese guava. Each year, Mr. Tam's family earns over 300 million VND.

Not only is he good at economics, CCB Nguyen Van Tam also actively participates in local emulation movements, leading by example in the activities of the CCB Association. As the head of the CCB Association of Lam Dong village, a member of the grassroots security team, Mr. Tam has supported many members in developing economic models, thanks to which the lives of many households have been improved and enhanced.

Thanks to his hard work, Mr. Tam earns over 300 million VND each year.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Tao - Chairman of the Association of War Veterans of Son Lam commune commented: " War veteran Nguyen Van Tam always promotes the traditional qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers, is not afraid of difficulties, and always strives to improve in life. Mr. Tam also has many contributions to local movements, especially security and order movements and the movement to build new rural areas launched by the Association of War Veterans".

According to Chairman of Son Lam Commune People's Committee Nguyen Dinh Anh, in addition to developing good household economy, he is also willing to support, help, and share experiences with people and members of the Veterans Association to develop together. Thanks to that, up to now, the whole commune has 58 economic models with income of over 100 million VND, especially the members of the Veterans Association of the commune no longer have poor and near-poor households, over 50% of households have a well-off economic life.

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