Get rich by raising oysters
From wanting a bowl of soup to cool down a meal in the summer, people completely relied on nature, having to wade along the Mai River all day, now through research and experimentation, hundreds of households in Mai Hung, Quynh Di, Quynh Phuong communes (Quynh Luu - Nghe An) have become rich from their main source of income, oyster farming.
(Baonghean) -From wanting a bowl of soup to cool down a meal in the summer, people completely relied on nature, having to wade along the Mai River all day, now through research and experimentation, hundreds of households in Mai Hung, Quynh Di, Quynh Phuong communes (Quynh Luu - Nghe An) have become rich from their main source of income, oyster farming.
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People said: raising oysters is very easy, less costly in terms of investment capital as well as care, less risky than raising other types of seafood such as fish, shrimp, frogs... but brings very high economic efficiency. Oysters are the only type of seafood that farmers do not have to feed, do not have to buy seeds and almost all of them are harvested after raising.
Oyster farming techniques are also very simple: It is called "farming" but in fact, people only have to put a few bamboo poles, a few bait materials such as stones, harvested oyster shells... hanging them in the river water, then wait for the harvest day. The next crop, they take the harvested ones and put them in the water, then "eat". Usually from March (lunar calendar) they release them for farming, from December to April of the following year they harvest. The selling price of finished oysters is sometimes more than 60 thousand VND/kg, sometimes the lowest is 35 thousand VND/kg.
Mr. Tran Chung (Hamlet 10, Mai Hung) said that many households in Hamlets 10 and 11 raise oysters, earning at least 4 million VND/year, and at most 30-40 million VND, but unfortunately the river area is too small. His family only raises 25m long and 3m wide but earns over 15 million VND/year.
In the same neighborhood as Mr. Chung, there are Mr. Mai, Mr. Thuyet, Mr. Trinh, Mr. Van Duc Lai, and Ho Van Son, all of whom are "experts" in raising oysters and have become rich thanks to... oysters. Mr. Lai alone has continuously earned over 30 million VND/year since 2004. Many households in Phu Loi area have also become better off, earning a living from raising oysters.
Oyster farming not only brings economic income, creates jobs for many surplus laborers in rural areas, but also preserves land, prevents erosion on both sides of the Mai River, and protects agricultural land.
His Majesty
