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Lai Chau Youth started out as a cooperative model

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From the preferential capital of the Social Policy Bank and the 120 capital source of the Central Youth Union, the youth of Lai Chau ethnic groups boldly started their business by establishing a cooperative for economic development.

Exploiting the potentials and advantages available in the locality, the youth-owned cooperatives have really brought efficiency, created jobs and stable income, contributing to building a new countryside.

Graduating from the Intermediate School of Agriculture, Ms. Lo Thi Dung, of Thai ethnicity, from Tham Phe village, Muong Kim commune, Than Uyen district, Lai Chau province participated in the local delegation activities. Realizing that the water surface of the hydropower reservoir in the area is a great advantage, Ms. Dung has mobilized the young people in the village to contribute capital and borrow additional funds from the Central Youth Union to develop the model of cage culture.

Hua Na guava brand is an Ocop product and has a reputation inside and outside Lai Chau province, owned by union members and young people.

As the head of Tham Phé Cooperative, Ms. Lo Thi Dung shared that the biggest difficulty was initially capital to invest in production, then many young people in the village did not trust to take advantage of the lake’s water surface adopt fish. After 1 year of farming, the first fish cage was effective, so it was easier to mobilize young people. Up to now, the cooperative has mobilized more than 20 members to participate, with 12 cages of mausoleum, carp, etc.

“Our cooperative is supported with a capital source of 120 from the Central Youth Union and has repaired and remodeled houses and cages to serve the cooperative’s aquaculture activities. The cooperative looks forward to those years. Here, the Party and State are interested in and create conditions for the cooperative to access more preferential loans, so that the cooperative can expand further. , together with more developed cooperatives “- Ms. Lo Thi Dung said.

Youth union members and youth of Than Uyen district take the lead in the model of raising fish in cage on the hydroelectric lake bed.

Hua Na commune, Than Uyen district, Lai Chau province, the locality has advantages in land and soil suitable for many types of crops and livestock. From the initial model of guava, up to now, the young people in the commune have established more than 20 models of economic development such as fish farming, guava, strawberries, medicinal plants, and breeding cattle. Hua Na Cooperative is also a typical model of the collective economy of Lai Chau province, with the typical OCOP product “Hua Na guava”.

Mr. Do Van Tuan, Secretary of Hoi Na Youth Union, Than Uyen District, said: “The cooperative is managing 6 hectares of guava, about 5,000 square meters of strawberries and 5,000 square meters of medicinal plants. The past has created jobs for 20 to 25 local workers, especially for young people In the coming time, the commune union will also have many orientations for young people, such as progressing to travel abroad. ecological calendar, combining fruit tree areas in order to create output, create product branding “.

Fully exploiting the potentials and advantages of each locality, the commune authorities in Than Uyen district, Lai Chau province have oriented young people to start their business development, associated with building a new countryside. When young people start their business, they are all supported by the government in terms of land conditions and loans. From the area of ​​barren hills, bare land and immense hydroelectric lake-bed waters, the creativity of youth has created hundreds of effective economic models.

Mr. Do Manh Huan, Deputy Secretary of Than Uyen District Youth Union, said young people who set up a career have little experience, but their enthusiasm is redundant. They learn hard and are ready to stand up when they fail to achieve success. Up to now, Than Uyen Youth Union has established 7 cooperatives, providing jobs and stable income from 5 to 10 million VND per month for hundreds of workers who are ethnic minorities in the locality.

The youth-owned cooperatives in Than Uyen district have created jobs and stable incomes for hundreds of local workers.

Also according to Mr. Huan: “In the training activities related to start-ups and start-ups from the central government to the province, we all choose union members and young people to participate in training courses to improve their capacity in entrepreneurship. Every year, the district Youth Union organizes dialogues related to start-ups and business establishment and mobilizes the members and youths of the communes to participate.

Development models mainly focused on agriculture such as guava, fish cage, passion fruit. In the coming time, the District Youth Union will continue to accompany young people in starting a business, setting up a career, towards registering Ocop products “.

Economic development models in the form of linking cooperative members who are young people in Than Uyen have brought about practical results, with OCOP products branded “Youth Cooperatives”. The manufactured products are of high quality and safe for users and appear more and more in the market inside and outside the province. However, in order for economic models owned by young people to reach out, it is also necessary to have more incentives in terms of capital and chain of links in production and consumption of products./.