From the sloping land, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuong lowered the land, renovated to grow herbs in the off-season to get the income 2-3 times more than rice.

Three years ago, Ms. Thuong got married, leaving Hoa Binh City to her husband’s home in Giang village, Binh Thanh commune. Seeing the conditions of living near the city and being convenient for transportation, full of water and irrigation, she discussed with her husband to transform over 1,000 m2 planting rice into plant herbs. Before marrying, her family lived in Group 3, Dong Tien Ward, which has a tradition of planting herb vegetables. Therefore, she has her own knowledge and experience, from the beginning, Ms. Thuong planted good herb vegetables and selected the familiar vegetables as perilla, marjoram, laksa leaves and basil. She planted, expanded the area, and renovated the land. Up to now, she has planted more than 1,000 m2, creating jobs for two regular workers.

Unlike other kinds of vegetables, the herbs are often picked up, fertilized and harvested by farmers. Ms Thuong calculates: Although they often work in the field, the income is regular, suitable for farmers. Especially the herbs in the market is not difficult to sell, only with the higher or lower price. If there is stable outputs such as supplying for restaurants, food stores, etc. daily with the stable prices, this is a remarkable source of income for farmers.

With the area of Mrs. Thuong's family, in the off-season every time, she collected about 20 kg, in the main season that was 40-50 kg of vegetables, providing for the market of Hoa Binh city. She said: "In the past, the garden of aromatic herbs in Dong Tien Ward was the" resource"of herbs in Hoa Binh City. However, in the past 2 years, this area has been planned to build the urban area, As far as it is concerned, the need to use herbs, especially in the city is increasing, so this is a good opportunity for many farmers in the surrounding areas of the city, such as Binh Thanh, Trung Minh, Dan Chu, Thong Nhat communes to develop aromatic herbs plantation.

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