Growing yellow apricot, a hot ornamental plant, a Ben Tre farmer sells online, orders are closing, cash in hand

With his youth and perseverance, Mr. Duong Tan Loi, 33 years old, residing in Self-managed People's Group No. 4, Phu My Hamlet, Nhuan Phu Tan Commune, Mo Cay Bac District ( Ben Tre Province) has been involved in the production and trading of ornamental apricot trees (yellow apricot) as well as growing raw materials to sell to people as seedlings for over 10 years.

The profession of growing and trading bonsai has brought in an income of more than 900 million VND/year for the family of Mr. Duong Tan Loi, a farmer in Phu My hamlet, Nhuan Phu Tan commune, Mo Cay Bac district (Ben Tre province).

On 4,000 square meters of land, Mr. Tan Loi uses 1,000 square meters to grow raw materials such as oranges, jackfruit, and durian to sell to people for seedling production.

On the remaining land area, he specializes in producing and trading bonsai according to customers' tastes. On average, each year, he produces and supplies the market with about 40,000 small bonsai pots and 1,000 large bonsai trees.

In the past 2 years, Mr. Tan Loi has promoted online sales methods such as: livestreaming TikTok, Zalo, Facebook...

On average, he receives 10-20 orders for bonsai products of all kinds every day. According to Mr. Loi, he always selects and breeds new bonsai varieties to meet the needs of customers.

“At first, I had difficulty when I first approached and sold products online. I researched, learned and gained experience to keep up with the same method of selling through social networks.

Currently, I have been able to sell my family's raw material and bonsai products better than the traditional way of selling through the application of digital transformation technology," said Mr. Tan Loi.

Mr. Duong Tan Loi, a farmer who grows ornamental apricot trees (yellow apricot trees) and sells ornamental apricot trees in Phu My hamlet, Nhuan Phu Tan commune, Mo Cay Bac district (Ben Tre province) is creating a canopy for ornamental apricot trees.

Mr. Tan Loi invested more than 15 million VND to equip the trees with a net cover. In addition, he also invested more than 20 million VND to build a freshwater pond (more than 70m3 of water) to water the original trees and bonsai.

The automatic water system is connected to the reservoir to indirectly irrigate according to weather changes for bonsai pots planted on the ground and uses water pipes to directly irrigate bonsai pots planted in pots.

Deputy Secretary of the Commune Youth Union - Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union Committee of Nhuan Phu Tan Commune (Mo Cay Bac District, Ben Tre Province) - Nguyen Van Sung said: Recently, the Commune Youth Union and the Youth Union Committee reviewed the potential for economic development of union members and local youth.

The Association regularly connects capital sources to support union members and youth in sustainable economic development; coordinates guidance on farming techniques or connects consumer markets for products, promoting the start-up process of union members and local youth.

“Mr. Duong Tan Loi is a typical modern farmer, a prominent member of the Ornamental Flower Farmers Association of Phu My Hamlet. Mr. Tan Loi has created regular jobs and stable income for 5-11 rural manual laborers.

In addition, he also helps 4 poor households and regularly organizes gift giving for the poor, contributing funds to social security work in the locality. He has been honored to join the Communist Party of Vietnam for 10 years and is currently active in the Phu My hamlet Party Cell. He has been awarded many noble awards by leaders at all levels," said Khau Hoang Vinh, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Nhuan Phu Tan commune, Mo Cay Bac district (Ben Tre province).

Source: https://danviet.vn/trong-mai-vang-cay-canh-dang-hot-mot-nong-dan-ben-tre-ban-qua-mang-chot-don-am-am-tien-tuoi-20241110210435999.htm