Success comes from daring to think and act.

13 automatic incubators require only 2 workers to operate.

With 13 automatic incubators only need 2 workers to operate.

From trader to poultry incubator owner

Looking at the spacious property of Mr. Nguyen Van Duong in Phu Binh commune today, no one can imagine the difficult years, hard work, and hand-to-mouth selling of his goods.

Sharing with us, Mr. Duong was moved: To be as successful as I am today, I have gone through many difficulties. In addition to being greatly affected by market factors, unstable prices when commercial broiler chickens fell, people did not expand their farming, leading to a decrease in poultry supply, not to mention the epidemic that made farmers also hesitate...

Mr. Duong's chance to enter the poultry hatchery business was by chance. In 1991, after leaving the army, Mr. Duong returned to develop the family economy . Realizing that selling eggs for poultry hatcheries was profitable but few people did it, Mr. Duong and his wife decided to change the model.

After many years of working as an egg trader, he saw that people in Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province (now Bac Ninh) had the profession of incubating eggs, so he took the initiative to learn. Realizing that Phu Binh had the advantage of large garden and hill land, suitable for developing poultry farming, he decided to borrow more money from his brothers to invest in opening an incubator.

The output products are good, the reputation spread far and wide, not only to the local people but also to many traders who ordered poultry breeds from his family to supply to neighboring provinces. Understanding the market demand, Mr. Duong determined to invest in gradually expanding the poultry hatchery.

Talking to us, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa, former Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Huong Son town (now Phu Binh commune) said: In recent years, Mr. Duong's family has expanded the scale of the incubator. Not only supplying the market in the province, but his family's poultry breeds are also imported in large quantities by traders in the northern provinces.

What is valuable about Mr. Duong is that for poor households, he provides poultry breeds on a deferred payment basis, supporting the households until the chickens are sold commercially before paying for the breeds. With this approach, Mr. Duong has supported many poor families in the area who have the will to strive and improve their lives.

After many years of using manual incubators, hiring many workers, and with low efficiency, Mr. Nguyen Van Duong decided to innovate by applying technology, switching to automatic incubators.

Incubator "made in Vietnam"

Mr. Duong has boldly converted all manual incubators to automatic. The new incubator system not only helps reduce labor, automatic egg turning, as well as stable temperature and humidity, has increased the rate of hatching chicks on time, with a higher success rate.

In addition, he also cooperates with other farmers in the area to provide guidance on egg-laying chicken farming techniques and purchase all eggs from associated farms.

Automatic poultry incubator researched and implemented by Mr. Duong in collaboration with Viet Thang Joint Stock Company.

In 2021, on an area of over 20,000m2, he invested in two more parent chicken farms to proactively supply eggs to the incubator in a closed process. In chicken farming, he invested in technology to build a closed-loop barn system with a cooling system, automatic barn temperature control, automatic feeders and waterers, etc.

Sharing about the conversion from manual to automatic incubators, Mr. Nguyen Van Duong excitedly said: Manual incubators require a lot of labor to turn the eggs to ensure even temperature, so the hatching rate is high. However, with the latest generation incubator I am using, the hatching rate on the right day can reach up to 99%. Therefore, my family always meets the requirements of traders when importing large quantities of breeds, ensuring the right date and the highest quality of breeds. This is the most important factor affirming the business reputation of the facility.

Visiting the area where the automatic incubators are located with Mr. Duong, we had the feeling of walking in the factory premises because of the cleanliness, tidiness, and fully automated production stages. 13 poultry incubators, but only need 2 workers to work, because most of the stages have been automated.

With 13 poultry hatcheries, Mr. Duong's family's facility not only supplies chickens in the province but also to many neighboring provinces. On average, each month, his family supplies about 200,000 chicks to the market, with an average selling price of 10,000 VND/chick. After deducting expenses, each year he earns 2-3 billion VND in profit, creating jobs for 13 local workers, with an average income of about 7-8 million VND/person/month.

During the production process, Mr. Duong was always worried because the incubators were imported from China and were expensive, and repairing them when they broke down was very difficult, time-consuming, and costly. His concerns were recognized and supported by the provincial leaders and the Department of Science and Technology. In just nearly 3 months, with the active support of Mr. Nguyen Van Duong, the automatic incubator "made in Vietnam" researched by Vietnamese engineers was born.

Mr. Nguyen Thai Binh, Deputy Director of Product Development, Viet Thang Joint Stock Company, shared: When working directly with farmer Nguyen Van Duong, we felt his passion for innovation and creativity. Our engineering team also received many experiences and practical needs from him.

With that smooth coordination, we have launched the automatic incubator product “made in Vietnam” early and successfully beyond expectations. In order to produce large quantities, reduce product costs to compete with poultry incubators imported from China, we will continue to accompany Mr. Nguyen Van Duong to optimize the incubator product in the coming time.

After a period of research, in early 2025, the automatic incubator researched by engineers and scientists of Viet Thang Joint Stock Company in collaboration with farmer Nguyen Van Duong was put into operation with a high hatching rate on time. The above results prove that in the production process, people have innovated, dared to think, dared to do.

Recently, Thai Nguyen province launched the first "Innovation - For Beloved Thai Nguyen" Contest in 2025, Mr. Nguyen Van Duong became one of many outstanding farmers. With achievements in production and business, Mr. Duong was honored to be awarded the Third Class Labor Medal, Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister and was recognized by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union as an Outstanding Farmer nationwide.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/nghi-quyet-57/202509/thanh-cong-nho-dam-nghi-dam-lam-869369a/