Ambition to get rich on the homeland

(Baonghean) - With the will of youth, young man Tran Huu Duc, in hamlet 7, Thuan Son commune (Do Luong) has shown perseverance to achieve his dream, which is to become rich on his homeland.

From Highway 46, winding through dusty roads, deep into the hills..., the quiet scenery was suddenly broken by the bustling sound of wild ducks, flocks of chickens chasing each other under the green trees... Welcoming us were young men and women in the green uniforms of the Youth Union and when Mr. Nguyen Duc Luong - Secretary of the Do Luong District Youth Union introduced us, we knew that the person with a very young figure and face before our eyes was the owner of a billion-dollar farm on this deserted hill.

Youth Union member Tran Huu Duc (second from right) introduces the production model to Central Youth Union officials.

Born in 1987, in a farming family, feeling the hard work of his parents who worked hard all year round in the fields, but only had enough to eat, other living conditions were extremely difficult, so after graduating from high school, Tran Huu Duc did not take the university entrance exam like his peers, but chose the path of "going south" with the desire to earn money immediately to help his parents raise his younger siblings to study. Duc's life in a foreign land was full of difficulties, Duc could not save much every month. One time, when he was tired from running around, he stopped at a roadside cafe in Binh Duong that raised and sold free-range chickens, Duc suddenly had a thought, in his hometown, the land conditions were large, if he applied free-range chicken farming like this, it would definitely be effective. After many days and nights of thinking, searching for information on chicken farming in electronic newspapers, he finally decided to return to his hometown to carry out his intention. Returning to his hometown, on an area of ​​nearly 3 hectares that his parents contracted to grow forestry trees, and with the money he saved after 5 years of working in Binh Duong, plus loans, Duc put all of it into building a farm and raising the first batch of 500 free-range chickens. After 4 months of raising, that batch of chickens brought in a profit of 30 million VND, which made Duc extremely excited and he invested in the second batch of up to 1,500 chickens. But unfortunately, this time, 1,500 chickens caught an epidemic and had to be completely destroyed.

Not discouraged, Duc was determined to start over. After many days and nights searching for information, he borrowed credit and his family members received 100 million VND to invest in raising 20 pairs of porcupines. The profit from raising porcupines was not enough, so Duc decided to raise chickens again. Duc searched online for information, searched for addresses of large chicken farms and packed his bags to go to Bac Giang province, passing through many farms to learn chicken raising techniques. And with the thought that it was impossible to start from "one bird", Duc continued to go to Cuc Phuong National Park (Ninh Binh province) to learn and carry out his plan to raise peacocks. There, Duc was advised to raise wild ducks... That trip, Duc brought back to his hometown 10 wild ducks to try raising and through the contact from Cuc Phuong National Park, he had a stable market in Hanoi, sent the goods by truck, and the restaurant automatically transferred money to his account. After that, he transported each cage to sell in the city. Vinh, up to now you have created stable relationships in some restaurants...

With the determination to "lose this game, set up another", Tran Huu Duc continued to nurture the will to rise up and get rich on his homeland. The result after 5 years of returning to his hometown (2009 - 2015), up to now, Duc's farm has annually sold about 18,000 - 20,000 free-range chickens; 7,000 meat ducks and 5,000 ducklings; and dug 1,500m2 of fish ponds. Tran Huu Duc shared: "Because the chickens are raised according to the free-range chicken model, the farm does not need much labor, only Duc and his wife, 2 hired workers and his parents to help. When cleaning the barn and vaccinating, there are 3 - 4 more workers working 5 - 7 days, thereby reducing costs. From 2013 to now, each year, after deducting expenses, the family earns about 600 - 700 million VND". Currently, on a hill area of ​​nearly 3 hectares, Duc has planted 4,000 4-year-old mahogany and lat hoa trees and in about 10 years will have a revenue of billions of dong from this hill. Talking about his plan, Tran Huu Duc said: I have just bought an additional adjacent hill with an area of ​​7 hectares, with the district's policy of supporting a loan of 10 million dong/head without interest for the model of raising buffaloes and cows from 10 heads or more, in the near future I will hire an agricultural engineer and a small number of workers to organize grass planting and open a beef cattle farm with a scale of 100 - 150 cows...

Mr. Nguyen Duc Luong - Secretary of Do Luong District Youth Union shared that, in addition to being good at business, Tran Huu Duc is currently actively participating in local Youth Union movements; participating in the district's youth business club. Tran Huu Duc's business experience, will to overcome difficulties and current achievements have become a model for many union members and young people in the district to visit, learn from and foster the will to overcome difficulties and get rich on their homeland. With the achieved results, in 2015, Tran Huu Duc was one of the typical rural youths in the country to be awarded the Luong Dinh Cua Award by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union; was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the People's Committee of Nghe An province for his achievements in the movement of farmers competing in production and good business in the period 2012 - 2014; was one of 50 typical examples of outstanding young people commended by the Provincial Youth Union and many other levels of commendation...

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