Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company accompanies in social security work

(Baonghean) - With new efforts and investment decisions to overcome difficulties and create new breakthroughs in production and business, Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company is also considered a unit with a tradition in social security work. The company's timely support and sharing have contributed to creating a wide spread for the whole society.

New points in production and business

With a standardized team of leaders and managers, constantly concerned with the current situation and direction of sugarcane, the management board of Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company decided to survey the entire land fund, introduce two new sugarcane varieties, QD 93-159 (early ripening) and LK92-11 (medium early or late ripening is also good), and restore the MY55-14 variety grown on hilly land. These are varieties with many advantages such as resistance to pests and diseases, suitable for all weather conditions and harvested without flagging. Typically, from the spring crop of 2016 to present, the Company has invested in thousands of tons of LK92-11 sugarcane to plant nearly hundreds of hectares of raw sugarcane in Cam Son, Hoa Son communes (Anh Son) and Mon Son, Thach Ngan communes (Con Cuong). With this model, the average actual sugarcane yield in the whole district reaches 55 - 60 tons/ha, sugarcane quality reaches 11-13 CCS.

Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company applies sugarcane planting technology using machines to increase productivity. Photo: Mai Son

In order to focus on maintaining investment efficiency per unit area for crop rotation, the Company has invested over 10 billion VND, gradually introducing large-capacity plows of over 8,200 CV (horsepower) to prepare the land and has planted sugarcane by machine. Thereby, accelerating the sugarcane planting progress in time for the season and saving a lot of costs. Along with the investment policy to develop sugarcane material areas, the Company supports people with interest-free loans of 26 million VND/ha for new planting (plowing, seeds, fertilizers). Thanks to that, the Company has built many high-quality sugarcane fields with the application of sugarcane planting by machine such as Cam Son, Hung Son, Hoi Son, Dinh Son communes. The long-term development trend in the future will be to bring sugarcane harvesting machines into production.

The Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the company are interested in investing in the most advanced production equipment lines in Europe. The system of machinery lines serving the factory's production has been invested with hundreds of billions of VND, including a sugar processing production line, a biofertilizer production line and an alcohol production line. In particular, the environmental wastewater treatment system in the factory's production area has been invested with over 15 billion VND, quite synchronously, including wastewater treatment, flue gas treatment, and biofertilizer production area treatment. Currently, these systems are being operated and are performing quite effectively, helping the company complete the cleaner production project on schedule.

Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company cooperated with BIDV Bank to present gifts to Binh Son Secondary School (Anh Son). Photo: Mai Son

The sugarcane purchasing policy was promptly taken care of down to the contract owners and sugarcane growers. Accordingly, the sugarcane price that the Company committed to purchase at the field was 850,000 VND/ton. Thanks to the above timely policies, not long after their promulgation, localities growing sugarcane in the raw material area started to do a good job of planning, boldly converting inefficient crop structures to growing sugarcane. Particularly in Anh Son district, the Party Committees of many communes held meetings, and the Party Committees expanded and converted hundreds of hectares of sugarcane on land and alluvial land.

With the above efforts, the company's goal is to stabilize the sugarcane area for the factory to operate by 2020 at about 2,000 - 2,200 hectares, with an average yield of 60 - 65 tons/ha, a pressing capacity of 3,000 tons of sugarcane/day, and over 20% of the company's sugarcane growing area applying advanced technology. By 2020, the company strives to create jobs for 320 workers and thousands of farming households in the raw material area.

Accompanying to do good social security work

Mr. Chu Ngoc Tu - General Director of Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company said: In addition to the priority policy of investing in sugarcane areas, the Resolution of the Company's Party Committee in each term sets out the direction and tasks for annual, fund-raising and key-monthly development, creating all conditions for social security work to be promoted and developed well. The Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company believe that performing well in social work is a condition for the Company to develop sustainably.

LK 92-11 sugarcane variety is resistant to pests and diseases, does not flower, and does not have weed buds and is introduced into the raw material area of ​​Song Lam Sugarcane Company. Photo: PV

For nearly 3 years now, the Company has paid great attention to humanitarian charity work to share difficulties with the poor. Every year, on the occasion of Lunar New Year, floods, and major holidays, the Company allocates hundreds of millions of VND to give hundreds of gifts to poor households in 17 communes in the sugarcane raw material area of ​​Anh Son district and some sugarcane growing communes in Con Cuong and Tuong Duong districts. During the annual Youth Month, the Company's Youth Union coordinates with the hospital's Youth Union to organize free porridge distribution for poor patients at Anh Son District General Hospital. The Company's Party Committee also directs the Youth Union to participate in humanitarian blood donation, responding to the spirit of social charity programs organized by Anh Son District Youth Union.

The sponsorship and support activities for major programs launched by the district and province by the Company's leadership are very noteworthy. For many years, the Company has coordinated with the District Youth Union to organize a football tournament in association with Dinh Son commune and Anh Son 3 High School Youth Union. In early 2017, the Company was also considered a strong sponsor for the mass art performance program of ethnic groups in Con Cuong district organized by the Department of Culture of Con Cuong district. More specifically, stemming from the love for youth football in the province, creating a useful and healthy playground for teenagers and children to affirm and express their passion for football, Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company is considered a traditional unit that has sponsored the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament for many consecutive years. This 2017 Nghe An Newspaper Cup football season, the company sponsored 20 million VND to start, joining hands with sponsors to create momentum and foundation for this year's season to burn and shine with more success.

Youth Union of Song Lam Sugarcane Joint Stock Company distributes free charity porridge to poor patients at Anh Son District Hospital. Photo: Mai Son

Thanks to its efforts in sugarcane production and trading, Song Lam Sugar Joint Stock Company has been honored to receive Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, and the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee for many years; especially, the Company was honored to receive the Third, Second and First Class Labor Medals awarded by the President...

Mai Son