Clean 'vegetable sandwich', a typical product in Nghi An (Vinh City)

• DNUM_AIZAGZCABG 08:07

(Baonghean.vn) - People of Nghi An commune, Vinh city (Nghe An) with tradition and pride always produce and supply the market with famous clean vegetable products, such as: mustard greens, mustard greens, squash, sweet potato leaves, cabbage, chili...

One sao of squash of Mr. Pham Van Truong's family in hamlet 6 Nghi An brings in an income of 12 million VND/2 months.

Inheriting fields of light sandy soil, far from landfills and environmental pollution sites, the lives of Nghi An people (Vinh city) mainly depend on growing vegetables and ornamental plants. Nghi An currently has 2 famous clean vegetable producing villages: Kim Binh and Kim Trung.

Each season has its own food, Vinh city people are familiar with Nghi An's clean vegetable products such as: lettuce, squash, sweet potato leaves, mustard greens (spring), mustard greens, pickled mustard greens, mustard greens (summer)... People here specialize in growing vegetables traditionally, using manure and organic fertilizers guided by Vinh city's plant protection station.

Cải kẹp dùng để nấu canh hoặc muối xổi - một sản phẩm rau sạch của Nghi Ân

Cabbage is used to cook soup or pickle - a clean vegetable product of Nghi An

One of the clean vegetable products of Kim Trung and Kim Binh hamlets is mustard greens. Local mustard greens are preserved and multiplied every year, harvested after about 10-12 days of sowing to sell as mustard greens (eaten raw). Then a little is left to make mustard greens, mustard greens, then mustard greens, and finally mustard greens, for seeds.

People in hamlet 6 Nghi An harvest mustard greens.

People grow mustard greens to eat raw, sow the seeds and cover them with straw. The stems are plump and have a distinctive local flavor, completely different from the northern mustard greens, so they are extremely popular in the city market. The garden price is 15-20 thousand VND/kg.

A bunch of cabbage costs 3,000 VND, and a sao of cabbage in a month can yield a profit of 10 million VND, 4-5 times higher than growing rice. Thus, a sao of vegetables is harvested in 3 batches, and each product is attractive and sells well. Looking at the bunch of cabbage and pickled cabbage of Nghi An people, it is easy to recognize that it is a bunch of barren cabbage. People absolutely do not spray pesticides, so the cabbage is like that. Ms. Pham Thi Phuong's family in Nghi An hamlet 8 grows 4 sao of vegetables in rotation, earning over 40 million VND per crop. As for Mr. Pham Van Truong's family, the family has 1 sao of squash that bears fruit for 2 consecutive months, earning 13 million VND per crop.

rau muống hạt được người dân đưa vào trồng thêm trong vài năm gần đây

Morning glory seeds have been added to the growing list by people in recent years.

Ms. Luong Thi Nhung in Quang Trung, Vinh City occasionally stops by Nghi An market to buy vegetables to eat at home and to show to friends and relatives.

As for Nghi An people, homegrown plants are the sweat and effort of their own hands, are noble and safe for health, so they try even harder to maintain clean production methods. That is the way to build a brand and bring income to the family. They swear that the rai growing profession is "passed down from father to son".