Success comes from hard work

Yen Bai - Mrs. Ha Thi Chiem in Khe Lech village, Hung Khanh commune, Tran Yen district is a native Tay ethnic person. Since getting married, the couple has always worked hard together to have a stable life like today.

The family has 3 sao of rice fields, growing 2 crops per year, the rice harvest also contributes to ensuring food source for her family.

Mrs. Chiem believes that, whether there is little or much, the rice fields still need to be maintained because we are farmers. Moreover, now science and technology are increasingly developing, actively applying new advances in production also helps rice cultivation to be more effective, with higher productivity than in the past. The flock of chickens raised at home is mainly for family use, each year there are up to several hundred.

The 60 m2 fish pond right next to the house not only creates a cool space but also releases a couple hundred grass carp and common carp, providing an additional source of food for meals. A few more beds of land to grow seasonal vegetables from the home garden, with the care of the grandparents, basically ensures a source of green vegetables for meals.

"Just like that, my family basically ensures food, groceries, and vegetables for daily life" - Ms. Chiem shared.

Mrs. Chiem's family is well-known for having two male pigs for breeding. With these two breeding pigs, she not only serves the needs of farmers in Hung Khanh commune, but also takes them to breed according to orders from households in neighboring communes and even in Van Chan district. At the current price of 300,000 VND for each breeding, her family earns from 50 to 60 million VND per year.

Mrs. Chiem said that taking care of the male pigs is normal and not too complicated. The pigs' regular food is mainly rice bran, in addition to bananas, cassava, a little industrial bran, and duck eggs.

In particular, in addition to a full and balanced diet, she always pays attention to disease prevention for the pair of pigs, such as vaccination and disinfection of the barn. Taking good, thorough and careful care of the pair of male breeding pigs over the years has helped Mrs. Chiem's family have a stable source of income.

Grasping the general development trend, Ms. Chiem has planted 1 hectare of cinnamon which is now 5-6 years old. For this cinnamon planting area, she bought seedlings right in the commune. In terms of experience in planting, caring for and protecting cinnamon, she has not only received technical guidance from the commune agricultural extension officers but also learned from each other in the village, from households that have planted before.

For the past 2 years, the cinnamon tree has been pruned, so she has had an additional 10 million VND. With Bat Do bamboo being the main crop of Tran Yen district, her family also has a small area. Up to now, the 0.5 hectare of Bat Do bamboo shoots of her family is at the 3-5 year old stage.

Last year, she started harvesting her first bamboo shoots, earning her about 3 million VND. Taking advantage of her free time, she went to dry peeled bamboo near her house for 150,000 VND/day, earning extra income while still being able to spend time with her children and grandchildren every day.

With the accumulation of many years of the two grandparents and the contributions of their son and daughter-in-law, in 2018, the family joined hands to build a spacious and clean stilt house, worth 600 million VND, which has become a convenient gathering place for 3 generations.

Mrs. Chiem estimates that the total income of her and her husband is around 100 million VND each year: "Although it is not a lot, it is because my husband and I work hard, trying to work while we are still healthy to save some for our old age, so that money is very precious! My husband and I always tell each other that as long as we are healthy, we must work hard so that we can have a comfortable old age."

Nguyen Thom

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