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Bich Hao residents have a good income from protecting natural sim trees.

Huy Thu • August 14, 2025 17:32

These days, people in Bich Hao commune are entering the sim picking season. Each sim crop, households that enclose and protect natural sim trees also earn tens of millions of dong.

In recent years, many low mountainous areas in Bich Hao commune have been zoned off by local people, taking care of sim trees and harvesting fruits. Some areas after a long period of growing acacia have been converted to zone off and take care of sim trees. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_2(1).jpg — According to local people, this year the weather is favorable, with a lot of rain, so the sim fruit is quite fruitful, but the fruit is not as big as in previous years. Since the end of July, local people have begun to enter the sim harvest season. Photo: Huy Thu

In the past, sim fruit was just a wild fruit. In recent years, natural fruits have become popular, the effects of sim fruit are known to many people, sim has a high price on the market, many households in mountainous areas have zoned off areas to protect sim trees, from which the area of sim trees has been maintained and expanded. Photo: Huy Thu

On this occasion, the weather is hot, sim ripens a lot and quickly, so to ensure that it is not damaged, people take advantage of the time and harvest continuously. Picking sim on sunny days, people often go to the forest early, starting work before the sun rises. Photo: Huy Thu

According to local people, on sunny days, based on the number of ripe sims on the tree, people will pick them once every one or two days. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_8..jpg — The hotter the sun, the sweeter the ripe sim. Mr. Phan Thai Son, Kim Son hamlet, Bich Hao commune, shared: His family has zoned and protected about 2 hectares of sim, and on average, each year, selling sim fruit brings in nearly 50 million VND in income. Compared to other crops, sim gives a good income and has a long harvest. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Phan Thai Xuan, the owner of a household that has zoned and protected many areas of wild sim trees in Kim Son hamlet, Bich Hao commune, said: His family has had several hectares of wild sim trees for more than 10 years. In addition to him and his wife, each sim crop, he also has to hire many workers to harvest them on time. This year, the sim crop is good, with an expected yield of 1.5 - 1.7 tons. According to Mr. Xuan, zoning and protecting sim trees does not require investment costs, provides a stable income, the land is not dug up, and landslides are limited during the rainy season. Photo: Huy Thu

On this occasion, the hired blackberry pickers are often paid by the blackberry hill owner according to the product. The picked blackberry fruit is brought home, 1kg is paid 10,000 VND. In the middle of the blackberry season, each working day, a person can pick 15 - 18 kg of blackberry fruit. Photo: Huy Thu

After being harvested, sim fruits are purchased on the spot at a price of 28,000 - 30,000 VND/kg. Sim fruits are purchased as much as they are picked. The ripe sim season is bringing income to many people in the mountains. Photo: Huy Thu

People of Bich Hao commune pick blackberries in the hot sun. Video: Huy Thu

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