Tang Phan - a prosperous Thai ethnic village in the border area of Nghe An
Xuan Hoang•DNUM_BIZAHZCACD 09:28
(Baonghean.vn) - Tang Phan village, Na Ngoi border commune, Ky Son district is home to 106 Thai households. The lives of the people here are more prosperous, the village is increasingly fresh, traditional stilt houses are built in a new style...
Clip: Xuan HoangAbout 7 km from the center of the border commune of Na Ngoi (Ky Son) is Tang Phan village, home to 106 Thai households. Right at the beginning of the village is a vast terraced rice field. At this time, the seasonal rice here is lush green, with a self-flowing irrigation system, so the rice grows well. Mr. Kha Van Son - Head of the Tang Phan village Front Committee said that the whole village has 70 hectares of rice fields, producing 2 crops a year, enough food for the people. Photo: Xuan HoangEvery year, before entering the production season, people carefully dig and build the fields. Thanks to the self-flowing water system, there is always water on the terraced fields in Tang Phan village, and the rice here grows well. For a long time, people have been planting high-yielding hybrid rice varieties. Photo: Xuan HoangRight at the beginning of the village is an iron bridge spanning the spillway of Khe Nan. Photo: Xuan HoangThe joy of children in Tang Phan village under the traditional stilt houses. Photo: Xuan HoangIn recent years, young people of Tang Phan village have gone to work as factory workers; at the same time, people have developed ginger cultivation and raised buffaloes and cows... so the economy has food and savings, many families have built new-style stilt houses, not only roofed with tiles but also replaced with heat-resistant corrugated iron. Photo: Xuan HoangMany well-off families invest in building beautiful stilt houses with massive, eye-catching staircase systems. According to locals, building a stilt house like this costs billions. Photo: Xuan HoangTang Phan village has been invested by the State in a self-flowing water system, with 3 tanks, providing enough water for daily life of the people. In addition, households have also built their own tanks, so there is no shortage of water for daily life all year round. Photo: Xuan HoangMr. Kha Van Son - Head of Tang Phan Village Front Committee said that in the village there are dozens of rice milling machines and livestock flour pounding machines, serving all the needs of the people. Photo: Xuan HoangMr. Xong Ba Denh - Chairman of Na Ngoi Commune People's Committee said: Tang Phan village has 106 Thai ethnic households. People here develop the economy, in addition to growing rice, they also grow ginger for sale, raise buffaloes, cows... There are families earning hundreds of millions of VND/year from growing ginger. Although the poverty rate in the village is still more than 60%, Tang Phan is still the village with the best economy in this border commune. Not only that, the village's appearance here is also the most beautiful, because most of the households have built new-style stilt houses; the internal traffic system has also received the most investment from the State and the people in the commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang
