'Pioneer' of economic development in Cam Hoa

While walking among the tea hills, Mr. Lang Duy Chung said: “In the past, my family, like most households in Cam Hoa, had a very difficult life. Our income only depended on the alluvial land along the river and a few fields in the market niche. Almost every year, we were flooded, so our income was very unstable.

Since 2006, the pilot tea planting program began. Initially, only 6 households participated. Later, seeing that tea trees brought economic efficiency, the area was expanded. Now, the total area of ​​the village is over 110 hectares, and life has also improved significantly.

Mr. Lang Duy Chung

Chung's family was among the earliest tea growers in the village, so they have a stable income and have accumulated a lot of experience in care, harvesting and preservation. With diligence, hard work and dynamism in production, the family's income is increasing. Currently, Chung has a tea hill of more than 7 sao, along with 5 sao of wet rice fields, 3 sao of alluvial land...

In addition, he also collects tea from villagers to import to the factory, his family's average income is nearly 20 million VND/month. Not to mention 3 hectares of acacia are about to be harvested, promising hundreds of millions of VND more and livestock such as buffalo, pigs, chickens are always available in the barn.

People in Cam Hoa village, Cam Son commune (Anh Son) have a stable source of income thanks to developing raw tea cultivation.

Seeing that Mr. Lang Duy Chung and the households who took on the pilot tea planting project brought economic efficiency, many people in Cam Hoa village also registered to receive land to grow tea. At first, due to lack of technical knowledge and experience in care, many households' tea areas developed slowly or died. Mr. Chung enthusiastically guided and shared his experience with everyone.

Following his instructions, the tea plants gradually grew well, gradually had a stable source of income, and everyone remembered him with trust and gratitude.

In addition, if any family is in need or sick, Chung is willing to lend money to promptly solve the problem. When launching a campaign to contribute or support the movement of the village or commune, he is the first to respond and also participates in mobilizing everyone to join hands. Therefore, he is always trusted by the villagers as well as the Village Management Board, and was elected as a member of the Commune Fatherland Front Committee.

Mr. Lang Duy Chung (left) checks the growth cycle of his family's raw tea plants.

Lang Duy Chung and his wife have 5 children, all of whom were raised and educated by their parents. At the beginning of 2019, their second son, Lang Duy Kha, registered for military service. “After finishing high school, he asked his parents to let him go to the South to do business. I encouraged him that he was still young and needed to fulfill his duty to the Fatherland, and join the army to both train his health and his courage,” Chung shared.

Cam Hoa village currently has 147 households, of which 14 households are Catholic. For a long time, Catholics and non-Catholics here have always been united, working together to develop the economy, improve living standards, and contribute to building their homeland. Thanks to that, in 2015, Cam Hoa village and Cam Son commune reached the new rural finish line, recognizing the efforts of the people in a village in a mountainous district that still faces many difficulties.

Life in Cam Hoa, Cam Son commune (Anh Son) has improved a lot.