The whole commune grew from… duck feathers and scrap
In the 1990s and before, Dien Thap was a poor commune, people’s lives mainly relied on In agriculture, life encountered many difficulties. With the hope of a better life, people began to work together to restore the traditional profession of their ancestors – bronze casting and scrap trading.
At first, people did this profession. to produce agricultural tools, serve agriculture and household products such as pots, pans… However, thanks to grasping good trends, the whole commune has switched to trading in scrap and junk. This is considered a “transformation step” for the whole commune.
Image of each Early in the morning, people ride bicycles to buy scrap metal or carry foam boxes behind their cars to get ice cream to sell in exchange for duck feathers… are all too familiar to people in many localities of Nghe An. At that time, the whole village and commune traded junk. From then on, Dien Thap also had another name, “junk scrap commune”.
At first they only collected in communes and districts in Nghe An province, then continued to open. wide area from South to North. When domestic goods become scarce, they go to Laos to buy scrap. At that time, scrap prices in Laos were so low that people in the commune flocked to other countries. At first he rode a motorbike, then bought a car to serve the junk business.
Currently, his family owns a large dealership with many cargo cars and more than a dozen employees. type of scrap for loading and unloading goods.
Similar to Mr. Hung, Mr. Pham Van Thanh (54 years old in village 2, Dien Thap commune) is one of the famous small traders who rose from the scrap metal profession. In the past, like many households, he worked every job to make a living, but poverty still persisted.
After discussing with Mr. Thanh’s wife, he went to Laos to work as a junk trader. After more than 10 years of sticking to his profession, he started out with just a motorbike carrying a few pots and pans… Up to now, Mr. Thanh owns a large agency specializing in supplying many products to Laos.
< p>”In the past, my husband and I mainly went to trade by bicycle and motorbike, so we encountered many difficulties. Now with modern vehicles, we directly go to the North to pick up goods and then classify them to bring to Laos to sell for profit. Every year, the profit is about 350-400 million VND,” Mr. Thanh said.
More than 30 years since starting the traditional economic profession, many families in Dien Thap commune have “gone like a kite in the wind”. In the past, many people knew Dien Thap as a “junk commune” or “scrap commune”, but now they have to admire the rare prosperity of this countryside.
According to statistics of the People’s Committee of Dien Thap commune, currently the whole commune has nearly 7,000 people, 75% of the population has a house, a car, an average income per capita of 30-40 million VND/month and there are many billionaires.
According to Mr. Dau Xuan Manh – Chairman of the People’s Committee of Dien Thap commune, previously people in the commune were very poor . After many years of change and development, the roads have now been opened, making it convenient for people to develop their economy.
In 2020, the average income of the whole commune was just under 10 million VND/person/month and has increased. many times. The whole commune has more than 1,000 cars of all kinds, including many billion-dollar cars.
“The people of Dien Thap commune are very diligent and hard-working, even though they only rely on scrap metal to make a living. But after a while, life has completely changed” Mr. Manh added.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Nhung – Head of Department Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs of Dien Chau district said that currently the number of workers in Dien Thap commune is working Jobs in Laos are 1,200 people, other countries are 600 people.
“Dien Thap is one of the richest communes in Dien Chau district. The lives of people here have completely changed thanks to their main job of selling scrap metal. Besides, this locality currently creates regular jobs for hundreds of workers in the district” Ms. Nhung shared more.
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