Yen The district’s report delivered at the conference stated that in recent years, with its advantages in climate and soil, the locality has implemented many drastic measures to promote the development of agro-forestry production in a centralized direction. The products of local strengths have been gradually improved in productivity and quality following a value chain.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Hai, and other delegates visit the display area of processed agricultural products at the conference.

In the field of animal husbandry, Yen The hill chickens are considered the strength of the locality. The district always maintains a stable herd of between 4-4.5 million heads and a turnover of 1.3-1.5 trillion VND (55.95-64.56 million USD) per year.

The Yen The hill chicken brand has got industrial property protection in Laos, China and Singapore. This is one of the key products of the province that is targeted to meet national product standards.

Along with the hill chickens, Yen The has also took advantage of wide hills and gardens to raise goats with a total of over 13,000 heads, mainly in upland communes. In addition, the locality has paid attention to developing honey bee colonies, producing 90 tonnes of honey a year.

In the field of cultivation, the district has many products such as: Green tea in Ven village, Xuan Luong commune; citrus trees in Dong Son, Tan Soi and Dong Tam communes; longan and lychee in Dong Tam, Dong Ky, Dong Son and Hong Ky communes...

In recent years, Yen The has attached importance to carrying out solutions to develop key agricultural products in combination with tourism at the special national historical site of Yen The Uprising and community tourism in Ven village, Xuan Luong commune.

Speaking at the conference, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong affirmed that breeding households and agencies at all levels in the province are on the right track to help the Yen The hill chickens constantly grow in both scale and quality.

In order to develop sustainably and gradually increase revenue, he asked the province to review and restructure the herd and apply high technology in animal breeding, ensuring equal quality.

Bac Giang should take measures to treat waste in husbandry to ensure environmental sanitation, he said, stressing the need to have measures to attract businesses to invest in husbandry associated with product processing and consumption. The ministry will direct its subordinate units to support the province in developing the Yen The hill chickens towards clean and high-value production.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Hai thanked the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the units under the concerned ministries, departments and agencies for creating favorable conditions for the province in general and Yen The district in particular to favourably produce and sell agricultural products, including the Yen The hill chickens.

Various green tea products.

He stressed that Bac Giang province has many mechanisms and policies to encourage the formation of concentrated agricultural areas. In Yen The district, the province has always paid attention to implementing solutions to develop the herb of hill chickens in both scale and quality.

He stated that the province directed Yen The district to continue developing key agricultural products in combination with promoting history, culture and tourism.

On this occasion, the People's Committee of Yen The district signed a number of cooperation agreements on agricultural development, supply and demand connection, and production and processing with related units inside and outside the province.

Previously, on October 25, the People's Committee of Yen The district coordinated with a number of departments and agencies to organize a workshop on production, processing and sale of the Yen The hill chickens as well as orientations for production and consumption of the district’s agricultural products associated with tourism development.

New building handed over to Dong Son primary and junior high school in Yen The district

(BGO)-Yokoi Mould Vietnam Company Limited (Yokoi Mould Vietnam) and the People’s Committee of Yen The district in the northern province of Bac Giang jointly held a ceremony on 23 May to hand over the building at Dong Son communal primary and junior high school.

Doi Phu Yen The deeply imprints national hitorical tradition

(BGO) – Doi Phu Yen The (currently located at Nha Nam commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province) deeply imprints the historical events of all the people in the ancient Yen The or present Tan Yen district during the national protection war against the French colonist in the first period of 20th century. The land honors the images of the brave countrymen who sacrificed to fight for the national liberation and once frightened the strong enemy. 

Yen The welcomes over 40,000 tourist arrivals

(BGO) – In the first quarter this year, Yen The district in the northern province of Bac Giang welcomed more than 40,000 tourist arrivals to the local attractions, up thousands of visitors comparing to the figure last year. 

Over 1 billion VND supported to build humanitarian house for poor families in Yen The district

(BGO) – On March 27, the Fatherland Front Committee (FFC) in Bac Giang province coordinated with Hanoi Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital to ink a deal to build the humanitarian houses for the especially difficult families in Yen The district.

Yen The Festival highlights traditional values

(BGO) – Deriving from the spirit of martial arts and the desire for freedom of the Yen The Uprising led by farmer leader Hoang Hoa Tham, the Party committee, government and people of Yen The district, Bac Giang province have promoted and honoured the precious traditions. This year, celebrating the 135th anniversary of the Yen The Uprising, the festival will be organized on a large scale, with many new points.

Minh Linh