Open direction for economic development in the West

(Baonhgean) - The TH True Milk fresh milk project has been implemented by TH Dairy Food Joint Stock Company (TH Farm) under TH Group since 2009, deployed in the western region of Nghe An, concentrated in Nghia Dan district. The total investment capital of the project is up to 1.2 billion USD, expected to be completed in 2020. The unit completed phase 1 with an investment of 350 million USD and put into operation, revenue in 2013 reached nearly 3,000 billion VND, in 2014 is expected to reach 4,000 billion VND.

TH Milk Company's technical staff introduces milking machine technology. Photo: Dao Tuan

After 4 years of implementation, the project has now completed all construction items serving phase 1 with an area of ​​8,100 hectares, including: farm administrative management area, raw material fields with an area of ​​2,200 hectares (mainly growing mombasa grass and sorghum), cow feed processing factory with a capacity of 800 tons/day, clean water factory filtering 3,000m3 of water/day; 2 farm clusters (7 farms) with a herd of over 35,000 cows, a clean fresh milk processing factory with a total capacity of 500 tons/day. In addition, there is a wastewater treatment plant, a microbiological fertilizer processing plant, an incinerator meeting international standards, a laboratory for testing milk quality and monitoring cow health. The highlight of the project is the use of modern equipment such as: automatic irrigation robot arms, milking machines, cow tracking chips, cow milk molecular counters using refractive wavelengths, etc. Regarding software, the project received technology transfer from the Israeli company Afimilk.

The project's future development orientation is to increase the scale of the stages in the production chain in a synchronous manner. This is a lesson learned from phase 1, aiming towards a more systematic, professional and environmentally friendly industrial production model. TH Group is also implementing a model of cooperation with farmers to grow raw materials for the farm, serving the feed needs of the herd of cows expected to grow to 137,000 in 2017. With the support of investors in breeds, farming techniques, and crop adjustment, this model will bring the people of Western Nghe An closer to science and technology.

The desire of Nghe An province's leaders when opening the West to the TH Fresh Milk Project is to build a new countryside according to the model of linking 4 houses: farmers - investors - the state - consumers. From there, it is hoped to open a new path for farmers in the era of industrialization and modernization. It could be changing the crop structure, changing the cultivated area to increase output, increase the converted value; It could be changing occupations, improving the qualifications and sense of responsibility of workers to take on roles in the project's production chain, or further, meeting the labor recruitment requirements of investors in general. That is also the common vision of Nghe An province in attracting investment, opening up projects: innovation, modernization but must have connection with the locality and community, must have screening to promote the human resources and inherent resources of Nghe An. Because those are also the values ​​that make Nghe An an ideal destination for domestic and foreign investors, as Mr. Rami Hamad - General Director of TH Dairy Food Joint Stock Company has acknowledged: "The land, environment and people that you are holding are wonderful. Make good use of what you have, and you will succeed!".

Thuc Anh