Tang Phan - a thriving Thai ethnic minority village in the border region of Nghe An province.
Xuan Hoang•July 18, 2023 09:28
(Baonghean.vn) - Tang Phan village, Na Ngoi border commune, Ky Son district, is home to 106 households of the Thai ethnic minority. The lives of the people here are more prosperous, the village is becoming increasingly vibrant, and traditional stilt houses are being built in a modern style...
Clip: Xuan HoangAbout 7 km from the center of Na Ngoi border commune (Kỳ Sơn district) is Tang Phan village, home to 106 Thai ethnic households. Right at the beginning of the village is a vast expanse of terraced rice paddies. At this time of year, the rice crop here is lush green, and with a self-flowing irrigation system, the rice plants are thriving. Mr. Kha Van Son, Head of the Fatherland Front Committee of Tang Phan village, said that the entire village has 70 hectares of rice paddies, producing two crops annually, providing enough food for the villagers. Photo: Xuan HoangEvery year, before the planting season begins, the villagers carefully build embankments around their rice paddies. Thanks to the self-flowing water system, the terraced rice fields in Tang Phan village always have water, allowing the rice plants to thrive. For a long time now, the villagers have been cultivating high-yielding hybrid rice varieties. Photo: Xuan HoangRight from the start of the village, there was an iron bridge spanning the spillway of the Nạn stream. Photo: Xuân HoàngThe joy of children in Tang Phan village under traditional stilt houses. Photo: Xuan Hoang.In recent years, young people from Tang Phan village have gone to work as factory workers; at the same time, the villagers have developed ginger cultivation and buffalo and cattle farming... so the economy has improved, and many families have built new-style stilt houses, not only roofed with tiles but also with heat-resistant corrugated iron. Photo: Xuan HoangMany well-off families invest in building beautiful stilt houses with impressive and eye-catching staircases. According to locals, building such a stilt house costs billions of Vietnamese dong. Photo: Xuan HoangThe Tang Phan village has received state investment for a gravity-fed water system with three reservoirs, providing sufficient water for daily use for the residents. In addition, households have also built their own reservoirs, ensuring a year-round water supply. Photo: Xuan HoangMr. Kha Van Son, Head of the Fatherland Front Committee of Tang Phan village, said that the village has dozens of services providing rice milling machines and animal feed flour milling machines, serving all the needs of the villagers. Photo: Xuan HoangMr. Xong Ba Denh, Chairman of the People's Committee of Na Ngoi commune, said: Tang Phan village has 106 households of the Thai ethnic minority. The villagers here have developed their economy, in addition to rice cultivation, they also grow ginger commercially and raise buffalo and cattle... Some families earn hundreds of millions of dong per year from ginger cultivation. Although the poverty rate in the village is still over 60%, Tang Phan remains the most economically prosperous village in this border commune. Furthermore, the village's appearance is the most beautiful, as most households have built modern stilt houses; the internal village transportation system has also received the most investment from the government and the people in the commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang
