Vinh Nguyen Ward: Farmers focus on developing marine economy

In recent years, Farmers' Association in Vinh Nguyen Ward (Nha Trang City) has focused on promoting activities to support members in economic development, especially the marine economy. Thereby, many farmers have made efforts to overcome difficulties and become rich, especially in fishing, farming and seafood processing.

Support economic development

Vinh Nguyen ward has 162 seafood farming households, with 4,395 cages; the annual output is about 200 tons of all kinds; the main cultured species are pompano, cobia and shrimp.

According to Truong Dinh Vinh - Chairman of Vinh Nguyen Ward, the association has promoted consulting and supporting activities for farmers in terms of capital, seeds, science and technology and new technology. Accordingly, the association has entrusted with banks to help farmers borrow more than 2.9 billion VND for production development. From 2018-2023, the Farmer Support Fund has built 5 projects with the amount of 1.7 billion VND, creating favorable conditions for members to develop their economy and increase their income.

At the same time, the association has established 7 new production and business cooperation groups, focusing on aquaculture and environmental protection groups at sea; regularly introduce effective business models for members to apply, develop household economy towards association, joint venture, large-scale production. The association also cooperated with Nha Trang University to open two training courses for captains and chief engineers for 89 children of farmers in Vung Ngan and Tri Nguyen Branches who have a practicing certificate to operate ships at sea.

Aquaculture by Tri Nguyen Island

Many farming households achieve good production and business at all levels

The movement of farmers emulating good production and business in the ward has been maintained and developed widely, attracting a large number of farmer members to participate. On average, every year, there are 419 households achieving the title of good production and business farmers at all levels. Good farming households in Vinh Nguyen have the highest average annual income of 1.8 billion VND, the lowest 240 million VND/household. In which, many households are good farmers in production and business at the provincial level for many years, such as Vo Sung, Dinh Van Quy in Vung Ngan; Ho Van Trung, Le Xuan Quang, Tran Van Thong in Tri Nguyen; Le Thai Khanh in Thanh Gia... Especially, Le Minh Quyen won the title of Excellent Vietnamese Farmer in 2020. In the period of 2017 - 2022, he was awarded a certificate of merit by the Vietnam Farmers’Association.

Not only taking care of good production, in the past 5 years, good production and business households have also helped poor households with capital, materials, seeds, vocational training, experience, and job creation for 48 privileged households. rise out of poverty and do well. The established cooperative groups of aquaculture and fishing also concretize the spirit of mutual affection, mutual love and mutual assistance for mutual development. Typically, the Cooperative Group for shrimp, fish cage farming and environmental protection in Tri Nguyen has actively supported each other, exchanged experiences, science and technology, and protected the environment to bring about high farming efficiency.

According to Truong Dinh Vinh, besides the achieved results, the current creation of capital for farmers has not met the actual needs, especially the improvement of processing content and added value of agricultural products and aquatic products made by members. This is also a key task that the Ward People's Committee focuses on, together with its members and farmers, to make efforts to implement effectively in the coming time.

LE HANG NHAT TUAN - Chairman of Nha Trang People's Committee: For the 2018-2023 term, the farmer association and movement in Vinh Nguyen ward has achieved many outstanding results. Through the movement, many farmers have made efforts to overcome difficulties and become rich, especially in the fields of fishing, farming, seafood processing, tourism services, contributing to economic development - local society. With outstanding achievements, the People's Committee of the ward was awarded a certificate of merit by the Executive Committee of the provincial Farmers’ Association.

Hong Dang

Translated by T.T