(Baonghean.vn) - Taking advantage of the suburban area, in recent years, people in Nghi Duc commune (Vinh city) have boldly changed their jobs, invested in developing farm economy and side jobs. Thanks to that, the commune has developed many more economic models to create more jobs, increase income and gradually shift the rural labor structure towards increasing the proportion of small-scale handicrafts, trade and services.
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Drum making is one of the traditional occupations that people in Xuan Dong hamlet, Nghi Duc commune still maintain. Every year, households produce and repair hundreds of drums. The festival drums are associated with the brand of Xuan Dong craft village, with record sizes in constructions (drum surface area from 1.0 m x 1.3 m or 1.6 m x 2.4 m or more). (In the photo: Mr. Pham Xuan Binh, one of the two households still maintaining the drum making profession in Xuan Dong hamlet, is completing the drum mold). Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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| Visitors come to see samples to order some drum products. According to drum makers in Nghi Duc commune, to have quality and beautiful drum products, cowhide must be ordered in advance and only in certain areas; the drum body is mainly made of jackfruit wood and must be carefully processed to ensure it does not warp. The drum type has a drum face size of about 60 cm x 70 cm, and costs around 1 million VND. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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| Along with drum making, Nghi Duc commune also has nearly 10 fine art and civil carpentry establishments creating jobs and high income for dozens of workers. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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| Producing household wooden furniture at Dung Man carpentry workshop, Xuan Dong hamlet, Nghi Duc commune. Photo: Van Hai |
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| The wine-making craft village was recognized as a Craft Village by the Provincial People's Committee in early 2017. The village has 120 households maintaining and developing the traditional craft. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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| In addition to developing traditional occupations, Nghi Duc people also develop highly effective family farming economy. Mr. Nguyen Van Minh's family in Hamlet 14 Xuan Binh raises an average of 7,000 chickens per batch (3 months). Thanks to proactive care and disease prevention, the family farm is highly effective; the annual profit is about 200 million VND. In Nghi Duc commune, there are currently 5 models of highly effective broiler farming. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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| Currently, the entire Xuan Binh hamlet, Nghi Duc commune has over 90 households raising cows in captivity, with a total herd of about 200 cows, each family earning an average of about 5 million VND/month. In the photo, Mr. Bach Huy Trang's family in hamlet 14 Xuan Binh raises 5-7 cows in captivity each year, earning an income of 50-70 million VND. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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| Over the past 5 years, Nghi Duc commune residents have borrowed nearly 10 billion VND from banks and credit institutions to develop secondary industries and build farms and livestock farms. Currently, the whole commune has about 200 livestock and crop farming models, each model brings in an average profit of 50-70 million VND/year. Thanks to the strong development of secondary industries and livestock farming, the income of Nghi Duc residents has improved significantly, from 13 million VND/person in 2012 to 30 million VND/person in 2017 and the commune is striving to reach 35 million VND/person by 2020. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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