The red carp farming village of Thuy Tram in Minh Thang commune (before merging with Tuy Loc commune), Cam Khe district, Phu Tho province has long been famous for being the place that supplies a large amount of fish for release during the Ong Cong, Ong Tao festival on the 23rd of December.
Bustling from one end of the village to the other, people are covered in mud and sweat in the cold of the end of the year to quickly collect fish and deliver them to traders to transport to other places for consumption.
Red carp in Thuy Tram village are raised from around the 7th lunar month of the year. By mid-December, people start harvesting the fish. Traders come to the village to buy and then distribute them to all the northern provinces and some central provinces.
The characteristics of red carp raised in Thuy Tram village are diamond-shaped body, bright red or golden red color and two pairs of whiskers... With eye-catching appearance, Thuy Tram red carp is always favored by the market.
On the morning of January 20, speaking with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Bui Dinh Chu - Head of Thuy Tram red carp village said that this year, the red carp farming area in Thuy Tram village is about 20 hectares, supplying the market with 30 to 35 tons of fish.
“This year, the price of carp sold in the village is higher than last year, over 100,000 VND/kg, the good type can be from 130 to 140,000 VND/kg. Red carp farming has contributed significantly to the development of the village and the commune.
The people of Thuy Tram village are very hard-working and active in agricultural economic development movements. The efficiency of cultivation and animal husbandry has improved the material and spiritual life of the people. The village has about 260 households, and now about half of them have cars," Mr. Chu shared.
Coming to Thuy Tram village, Minh Thang commune these days, everywhere are solid, spacious multi-storey houses, roads from residential areas to inner-field roads have been concreted... the face of the countryside has "changed its skin". Such achievements cannot be achieved without mentioning the great contribution of maintaining and developing the red carp farming village.
