(HBO) - Since November 2016, there have been 12 farmer members of Bung village, Huong Nhuong commune (Lac Son) started to establish Huong Nhuong hill chicken Cooperative with the goal of starting a business on their homeland.
Since the establishment of the Cooperative
with the main profession of raising chicken hills, members of the Cooperative
and households have participated in many technical training courses on chicken
care organized by province and district. Initially, there were only 7
households raising about 7000 chickens, the household has the largest number of
3,000 - 4,000 chickens / batch, and small number of from 200 to 500 chickens /
batch. Other members raise buffalos; grow safe vegetables, citrus fruit. In
2017, the Cooperative was selected to participate in the project of linked
production and consumption of chickens in the value chain under the New Rural
Construction program. The project has supported 8,000 breed chickens to the
Cooperative, supported training of transferring science and technology to the
chicken raising households; supported to buy drugs, vaccines, bulbs, food
trays, water bottles and construction of slaughter and preservation areas of
chicken with the total supported fund of 300 million VND.
Since joining the Cooperative, the members
not only have had the opportunity to share experiences in breeding but also in
buying good breeds, food at low cost because they don’t need the intermediates
because there are units available to provide food for the Cooperative and
accept to receive the payment after the members sell their products. The
Cooperative raises mainly breed native chicken, Son Tay chickens. The chicken
are released on the hills, therefore, they are healthy, the meat is firm, good
smell, the price is higher, the consumption market is bigger than the other kinds of chickens.
The Cooperative has 16 members, who are the
households raising livestock and cultivating in the commune. Despite its new
establishment, but with effective development strategy, in 2017, the revenue of
the cooperative reached 2.9 billion VND and the profit of 600 million VND. At
present, the Cooperative maintains two main production lines: livestock
husbandry and cultivation.
Not only doing well in charge of the
co-operative director, as the head of the savings and loan group of the
village, Ms. Quach Thi Hoa has applied for getting preferential loans from
Social Policy Bank with 300 million VND for 9 members to invest in chicken
raising. Ms. Quach Thi Hai, a member of the Cooperative, shared: "In the
past, I raised about 200 chickens, but the price in the market was unstable.
But since I participated in the Cooperative, I would be no longer worried about
the market and prices. All the members always support and contribute the
capital and effort to help each other in production. When there appeared
difficulties, the members gathered together to discuss the solution. In 2017, I
was borrowed 50 million VND from the Social Policy Bank to buy 500 breed
chickens and nets to raise chickens with an area of 2.700 m2, got the profit of
23 million VND per one chicken batch sale.
In the afternoon of December 17, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a summary and awarding ceremony for the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024.
Implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to reach a health insurance coverage rate of 95% or more of the population, the Women's Union at all provincial levels has deployed the creative models and methods and effectively replicated them. These activities not only contribute to completing the social security goals, but they also spread the spirit of solidarity and sharing in the community.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
