Dan Lai people in Thach Ngan practice economics

(Baonghean.vn) - The Dan Lai ethnic group is only found in the mountainous district of Con Cuong (Nghe An) with about 3,000 people; in Thach Ngan commune alone, there are currently about 200 people living in the resettlement area.

The Dan Lai ethnic group of Nghe An lives scattered in the Vietnam - Laos border area in the upper Khe Khang and Khe Nong streams in the core area of ​​Pu Mat national primeval forest... Originally located in remote mountains, there are many backward customs, no electricity, no roads, almost isolated from contemporary life.

In 2007, following the policies of the Party and the State, 42 households with 194 people from Khe Khang area were resettled in Thach Son village, Thach Ngan commune (Con Cuong). Each household received housing, 3 million VND in support to buy buffaloes and cows, land for production and forestry, along with rice and spending money to stabilize their lives from the very beginning.

Many households are supported by the State with acacia seeds to plant forests and green the hills. Photo: Tuong Vi

At the same time, the government built clean water works, irrigation canals, built kindergartens and primary schools, provided electricity and convenient roads for people.

However, by 2012, households returned to their hometowns one by one.because they are used to living dependent on the forest to find bamboo shoots, collect honey, and go down to the stream to catch fish for their daily meals,

Mr. La Giang Son - Deputy Secretary of Thach Son village Party cell, Thach Ngan communeTogether with the government, they directly mobilized people to move to new places to stabilize their lives. Commune agricultural officers were sent to the resettlement area to guide and instruct people on how to build livestock barns, how to care for and prevent diseases for pigs, cows, and chickens; mobilized people not to let their livestock roam freely; instructed people on how to plow, sow rice, and plant crops...

The people continued to receive support from the government for rice, rice seeds, and piglets; Cienco 4 Company provided 25 breeding cows to 25 households so that the first breeding cows would be given to other households to raise. In addition, 100 hectares of forest were recovered and handed over to 42 households for management.

The road to the village is convenient, life is stable in the new hometown, so from the original 42 households of Dan Lai, now 52 households have moved to the settlement area. Photo: Tuong Vi

Thanks to the united efforts of the Dan Lai people and their trust in the Party's policies, the lives of the people in Thach Son are developing day by day.

Now, 32 households have built more barns to raise pigs and cows, and many households have learned how to plant commercial forests.

The whole village has 52 households with 259 people. People have gradually become familiar with animal husbandry. Currently, the village has 48 buffaloes, 50 cows, 40 hectares of hilly land covered with acacia for the second season, and maintains 4 hectares of rice and 2 hectares of crops each season.

Tuong Vi