Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung visited economic models in Tan Ky district.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung and his delegation visited the forestry seedling nursery model in Tan Huong commune. This is a mountainous commune, 8km from the district center, newly established in 2005. The whole commune has 2,015 households and 8,674 people.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung and his delegation visited the forestry seedling nursery model in Tan Huong commune. Photo: Pham Bang

Reporting to the delegation, the leader of Tan Huong commune said that there are currently 283 households and 3 enterprises producing and trading forestry seedlings in the commune. The total nursery area is 35.6 hectares; the average total nursery capacity is 160 million trees/year. In 2021, the commune organized production and trading of 140.28 million trees. In the first 4 months of 2022 alone, 60 million trees were produced and traded.

Total revenue from seedling production and trading in the commune in 2021 reached 64.4 billion VND. Average revenue per unit area from seedling production and trading in 2021 reached 1.808 billion VND/ha (90 million VND/sao). Currently, people are preparing to pack pots to deliver seedlings for autumn forest planting, with the number of seedlings expected to be sown and nursed from now until the end of 2022 being 100 million.

Tan Huong commune leaders report on the nursery's production activities. Photo: Pham Bang

The total area of ​​the nursery garden of Tan Huong commune is 35.6 hectares. Photo: Pham Bang

The commune's forestry seed market mainly supplies to communes in Tan Ky district, districts in Nghe An province and central provinces such as Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Lam Dong, Dak Lak... The nurseries have created regular jobs for more than 2,100 workers inside and outside the commune/year, with an average income of 4-7 million VND/worker/month.

After listening to the report and visiting the site, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee highly appreciated the production efficiency of enterprises as well as local people. Thanks to that, the lives of local people have been increasingly improved, the poverty rate according to the new standards is only 4.6%.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee grasps the difficulties and problems of enterprises. Photo: Pham Bang

In order for the model to develop more strongly, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested Tan Ky district, departments and branches to pay attention to solving difficulties and problems related to land mines for enterprises; creating the most favorable conditions for enterprises to access the State's policies. The district also needs to help Tan Huong commune reach the New Rural destination in 2022.

Next, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung visited Minh Anh Garment Factory in Ky Tan Commune. The factory has a total investment of more than 300 billion VND, and is expected to create jobs for about 6,500 workers after completion and operation.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung visited Minh Anh Garment Factory located in Ky Tan commune. Photo: Pham Bang

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspects the company's products. Photo: Pham Bang

To date, phase 1 of the project has been in operation for 8 months, creating jobs for about 1,500 workers, with an income of 6-8 million VND/worker/month. The company has also had a policy to support workers infected with Covid-19, arranging shuttle buses for workers, and organizing a collective kitchen to ensure hygiene.

Appreciating the company's production activities, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the enterprise's investment in the garment factory project in the area has created jobs for local workers, thereby increasing income for people, contributing to the socio-economic development of Tan Ky district in particular and the province in general. At the same time, he highly appreciated the dedication of the enterprise's leaders and the enterprise's contributions to social security activities in the past time.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee visits workers' lives and income. Photo: Pham Bang

Minh Anh Company is providing jobs for 1,500 workers, with an income of 6-8 million VND/month. Photo: Pham Bang

With the view that business development will contribute to socio-economic development, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that Tan Ky district pay more attention to resolving difficulties and problems of businesses. If it is beyond their authority, they should report to the Provincial People's Committee for resolution. Departments and branches should pay attention to resolving business proposals on planning adjustments and guiding businesses to access support policies of the State./.