Household economic development in Dong Van commune

Mr. Kim Dinh Up's family, Yen Lac 2 village, Dong Van commune, invested in VAC farm, earning hundreds of millions of dong in profit each year.

Located in the North of Yen Lac district - a place with "narrow land and large population" with more than 14,500 people, the average production land is less than 300 m2/person, before the renovation period, Dong Van was the poorest purely agricultural commune in Vinh Lac district (old). In recent years, Dong Van has become a bright spot in the economic development of Yen Lac district.

To develop the economy sustainably and effectively, every year, the Party Committee and the government of Dong Van commune always pay attention to updating information to convey to the people good practices and new production models that bring high economic efficiency, thereby changing backward customs and habits that are deeply ingrained in the thinking and working methods of the people here.

The Party and State's policies and guidelines on economic development are promptly disseminated to Party members and people through the commune's loudspeaker system, integrated with conference programs to raise people's awareness.

Promote economic restructuring towards increasing value; gradually eliminate backward and fragmented production practices to focus on commodity production with high added value. Implement well the planting calendar, promote the application of scientific and technical advances, introduce high-quality and high-yield crop and livestock varieties into production, and make the winter crop the main crop.

Make the most of pond and lagoon areas and convert them to VAC farm economic models, “raising river fish in ponds” models. Create favorable conditions for people to borrow capital from credit institutions to invest in expanding the scale of barns, new plants and breeds with high productivity and quality to put into production.

Up to now, the whole commune has more than 80 models of fruit tree farms combined with livestock and fish farming with an area of ​​86 hectares; 4 agricultural service cooperatives. In 2024, although the agricultural production area of ​​the whole commune has decreased, due to the active application of science and technology in production, the land use coefficient has increased by 2.39 times/year. As a result, rice productivity reached more than 72.8 quintals/ha, an increase of 0.9%; corn 50 quintals/ha, an increase of 6%; soybeans 29.7 quintals/ha... Grain food output was 4,375 tons, an increase of 1.2%.

Recognizing the importance of the trade and service industry, Dong Van commune actively invests in infrastructure, encouraging households to promote trade and service development, especially in the Dong Van craft village industrial cluster and in central areas, along National Highway 2 and Provincial Road 302.

The whole commune currently has more than 1,700 households registered to operate in business sectors such as steel billet cooking, plastic extrusion, mechanics, transportation, food and beverage business, tourism services, agricultural supplies, construction materials, garments... income from the whole commune's trade and service sector in 2024 will reach more than 1,002 billion VND, accounting for more than 40% of the total value.

With the right orientation and effective methods in economic restructuring, gradually reducing the proportion of agriculture, increasing the proportion of industrial development, small-scale industry associated with trade and service development, Dong Van commune has created jobs for more than 2,000 workers, mainly local people who have jobs right in their hometown.

Thanks to the strong development of household economy, in the period of 2020 - 2023, the average income of people in the commune reached more than 180 million VND/year. This is the premise for Dong Van commune to continue to effectively carry out the economic restructuring towards increasing the value of industrial and handicraft production in the locality, completing the socio-economic development goals for the period of 2021 - 2025, promoting the program of building advanced new rural areas, sustainable new rural models.

Chairman of Dong Van Commune People's Committee Nguyen Van Chung said: To develop a sustainable household economy, the Party Committee and the Dong Van Commune government will develop a project, in which they will continue to promote the development of household economy in the direction of developing industrial and handicraft production associated with trade and services.

For agricultural production, focus on developing concentrated commodity production areas, actively applying science, technology and engineering to production, in which, pay special attention to developing chicken, pig, poultry and fish farming on a farm scale. Replicating effective production and business models in livestock farming in the locality.

Along with that, promote investment in building modern infrastructure, expand inter-village roads, convenient for small trucks to transport goods; encourage organizations and individuals with sufficient capacity to establish small and medium enterprises and cooperatives to invest in production machinery and equipment, especially in processing agricultural products, attracting local labor...

Article and photos: Xuan Hung

Source: http://baovinhphuc.com.vn/tin-tuc/Id/128024/Phat-trien-kinh-te-ho-o-xa-Dong-Van