Poverty alleviation in Yen Thanh

After the merger, Yen Thanh commune currently has 126 poor households, accounting for nearly 3.7%, mainly ethnic minorities. Identifying poverty reduction as a key task, the commune has proactively implemented many synchronous solutions to achieve the goal of sustainable poverty reduction. Many practical and effective models have been deployed, such as: creating conditions for people to access national target programs; supporting livelihoods through providing plants and seedlings; transferring science and technology and strictly managing bank loans, ensuring capital sources for production, business, economic development, increasing income and gradually escaping poverty in a sustainable way.

Ms. Ly Thi Quy, Khe Ngang village (sitting in the middle) participates in the village's shrimp basket weaving group.

Specifically, the family of Ms. Ly Thi Quy in Khe Ngang village is one of the typical cases. In 2024, she received support from the State to build a house, but the family's economic conditions are still difficult. In the past time, the commune's mass organizations have actively accompanied and guided Ms. Quy to learn the craft of weaving shrimp baskets to create a stable livelihood.

Thanks to her diligence and dexterity, Ms. Quy can weave 70-80 baskets a day, bringing in an income of about 10 million VND per month. In addition, her husband joins a team that builds stilt houses and has a stable income of over 10 million VND per month. Thanks to these two sources of income, Ms. Quy's family's economy has gradually improved significantly.

Sharing her excitement, Ms. Quy said: “My family used to be very poor, not knowing what to do to escape poverty. Since the government supported us to remove the dilapidated house, and taught us how to weave shrimp baskets, my husband also went to work as a construction worker, and now our life has become better.”

To help households escape poverty sustainably, Khe Ngang village has closely coordinated with the commune's mass organizations to promote propaganda, mobilize and support people to implement many practical poverty reduction solutions. Many effective economic models have been promoted based on the local potential, such as: livestock, farming, community tourism development associated with traditional craft villages of weaving shrimp baskets, processing planted forest wood, etc.

In particular, the village has established groups for weaving shrimp baskets and teams for building stilt houses, creating more stable jobs for local workers, especially poor and near-poor households of ethnic minorities. These models not only generate income but also contribute to strengthening sustainable livelihoods for the people.

“Khe Ngang is a village in Region 3, and currently has 24 poor and near-poor households. Therefore, the village always determines to create livelihoods for households so that they can escape poverty by their own labor. This year, the whole village supports 2-3 households to escape poverty” - Mr. Ly Quoc Dac, Head of Khe Ngang village shared.

Thanks to the dissemination of technical knowledge about livestock farming, Ms. Chu Thi Huong's family in Trung Tam village has been able to take care of healthy cows that grow well.

Yen Thanh commune officials visited the economic model of Ms. Chu Thi Huong's family, Trung Tam village.

In Trung Tam village, there are currently 8 poor and near-poor households. With the determination to help 2 households escape poverty in 2025, the village has closely coordinated with the commune's mass organizations to implement many practical poverty reduction solutions. Effective economic models have been focused on implementation, including: supporting poor households to access loans to develop production; introducing workers to work at companies; supporting the establishment of stilt house building groups; organizing training and coaching on scientific and technical knowledge applied to production and livestock farming... These solutions aim to create sustainable livelihoods, increase income and help households gradually improve their lives.

Specifically, Ms. Chu Thi Huong's family in Trung Tam village is one of the cases facing many difficulties. Due to a stroke and poor health, her family's economy has been unstable for many years. In 2023, her family received support from the State for a breeding cow; at the same time, the locality mobilized mass organizations and people to join hands to help the family build a house.

Having a solid house and a source of livelihood suitable to her health condition, Ms. Huong has more motivation to rise up. The Commune Farmers' Association also regularly provides guidance on raising cows, pigs, and chickens, helping her apply it in practice to care for and develop her livestock, improve her income and improve her life.

Ms. Huong shared: "My family has escaped poverty, I will continue to produce and raise livestock well to improve our lives."

Mass organizations and police forces of Yen Thanh commune support people in demolishing old houses and digging foundations to build new houses.

Currently, Yen Thanh commune has 20 villages, nearly 3,400 households with about 15,500 people. Recently, the commune has developed a specific plan, assigning each block to be in charge of each household to support the poverty reduction roadmap. Along with the participation of the entire political system, the commune also mobilized resources from philanthropists and promoted the spirit of community solidarity in supporting housing construction, caring for poor households, near-poor households and disadvantaged households.

By 2025, the commune aims to reduce 50 poor households, bringing the poverty rate down to 2.1%. However, due to the characteristics of the population, which is mainly Dao, Tay, and Cao Lan ethnic groups; many households are not proactive in changing production methods, are not familiar with the new economic model, or are single-parent households, so the process of implementing the poverty reduction target still faces many challenges.

Mr. Vu Quoc Hieu - Chairman of Yen Thanh Commune People's Committee (second person, right) surveyed the shrimp basket weaving craft village model in Dong Tam 1 village.

To continue implementing sustainable poverty reduction solutions in the area, Mr. Vu Quoc Hieu - Chairman of Yen Thanh Commune People's Committee, said: "In the coming time, Yen Thanh Commune will continue to focus on effectively and substantially implementing poverty reduction work; actively mobilizing resources to implement sustainable poverty reduction work, creating favorable conditions to help poor households borrow capital for economic development; implementing many poverty reduction solutions for people with effective economic models.

At the same time, the locality continues to effectively implement policies to support vocational training and job creation, especially national target programs on sustainable poverty reduction and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The commune prioritizes the development of livelihood models based on local advantages; organizes training and fosters scientific, technical and market knowledge for the people. In addition, the commune increases the attraction of enterprises to invest in the agricultural and rural sectors to form concentrated commodity production areas, promote economic restructuring and organize production in a reasonable direction, contributing to the implementation of the goal of sustainable poverty reduction.

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