"Give fishing rods" to the poor

In recent times, the Party Committee, the government, the Fatherland Front and mass organizations of Son Tien commune have made efforts to synchronously implement many poverty reduction solutions, focusing on prioritizing livelihood support, housing construction and job creation for people. These practical support models have become a "fishing rod", helping people strive to rise up.

From the "fishing rod" of a cow worth 11 million VND supported in 2021, up to now, Mr. Pham Le Thang's family (Thien Nhan 1 village) has had enough conditions to escape poverty sustainably.

While cleaning the barn, Mr. Pham Le Thang (Thien Nhan 1 village) happily chatted. 5 years ago, his wife passed away after a serious illness, leaving Mr. Thang alone to raise 3 children. With no stable job and the family being one of the poor households in the commune, the life of the father and 4 children fell into a deadlock.

The turning point came to Mr. Thang in 2021, when his family received livelihood support with a cow worth 11 million VND from the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction. Thanks to being given a "fishing rod", by 2023, his family had 2 more cows, becoming a near-poor household in the commune. From this stepping stone, Mr. Thang had many breakthroughs in economic development thinking to escape near-poor households in 2023. Up to now, in addition to the cows that bring annual profits, he has raised 100 chickens, 10 pigs...

Mr. Thang was moved: "Thanks to the guidance of all levels, sectors and localities, we have more motivation to move forward. Currently, I have adapted to livestock farming techniques and will continue to research and learn models suitable to my family's conditions to stabilize the economy and sustainably eliminate poverty."

Thanks to the attention of local authorities, Mr. Pham Le Bang (in blue shirt) has changed his economic mindset to escape near-poverty and stabilize his life.

In 2021, Mr. Pham Le Bang's family (Thien Nhan 1 village, Son Tien commune) - a near-poor household in the commune was given a cow as a livelihood. Since being "given a fishing rod", his economic thinking has changed. Knowing about the loan policy, in 2022, he borrowed 50 million VND to invest in an aluminum and glass production facility to have more income and in the same year, his family escaped near-poor households. Currently, his family is raising 1 cow, 4 deer, selling animal feed and manufacturing machinery.

Mr. Mai Truong Sinh (Director of Son Tien General Agricultural Service Cooperative, Ao Tron village) had access to loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies in 2020.

To create conditions for poor and near-poor households to stabilize their lives, the Transaction Office of Huong Son Social Policy Bank has implemented preferential credit programs to help households access loans, have conditions to invest in production, livestock farming, and economic development.

This resource has helped the family life of Mr. Mai Truong Sinh (Director of Son Tien General Agricultural Service Cooperative, located in Ao Tron village) turn a new page. "Previously, my family was a poor household in 2015, and by 2018 was a near-poor household in the commune. By 2020, I had access to loans for those with difficult production and business conditions to develop the economy. The cooperative is currently linked with 10 households with a total production area of 5 hectares. Of which, my family alone has nearly 2 hectares of land growing 2,000 guava trees and converting seedlings, with an annual revenue of about 500 million VND. It is expected that in the near future, I will continue to expand the production scale by another 2 hectares".

Son Tien people regularly receive attention from the entire political system in poverty reduction work.

Providing livelihoods to sustainably reduce poverty has been the right policy of Son Tien commune in recent years. Instead of simply providing support, programs and projects have shifted to creating conditions for people to be self-reliant in production, create jobs and increase income. The combination of preferential credit capital, vocational training linked to practice and technology transfer is forming a solid foundation for the process of rural economic development.

According to statistics, currently, the whole Son Tien commune has only 126 poor households (accounting for 2.6%, down 0.63% compared to the end of 2024) and 180 near-poor households (accounting for 3.7%, down 0.51% compared to the end of 2024). Social security work and basic service support are also focused. In 2025, implementing the policy of eliminating temporary houses and dilapidated thatched houses, the whole commune has 69 poor households, near-poor households, households with meritorious people and households in difficulty receiving support to build new houses and repair houses; 100% of poor and near-poor households have health insurance cards.

Cultivation and livestock models... have helped people in Son Tien commune change their economic thinking, which is the driving force to escape poverty sustainably.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duan - Vice Chairman of Son Tien Commune People's Committee said: "In the coming time, we identify poverty reduction as a key political task. At the same time, we continue to build a roadmap and plan, focusing on models such as land accumulation, livelihood empowerment, medicinal plant cultivation... In addition, we will expand planning and focus on attracting investment so that people can create jobs and have the conditions to escape poverty sustainably."

In fact, when people are “given fishing rods” instead of “given fish”, they not only have the opportunity to escape poverty but also gradually become rich, creating a ripple effect in the community. This is the core factor for poverty reduction in Son Tien to achieve sustainability, contributing to narrowing the development gap between regions, improving the quality of life and strengthening people's trust in the policies of the Party and the State.

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/trao-can-cau-cho-nguoi-ngheo-post299257.html