Hundred billion VND cow breeding project in poor Bac Kan province devastated

The investment project to build the Center for Gene Conservation and Development of H'Mong cattle breed was approved in April 2017 and implemented on the basis of cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Bac Kan Provincial People's Committee, and Vietnam H'Mong Cattle Investment and Development Joint Stock Company with a total investment capital of 136 billion VND.

Deployed on an area of thousands of square meters, along the highway through Dong Luong village, Quang Chu commune (Cho Moi), the project is expected to bring many job opportunities for local farmers.

According to the expected schedule, the project will be completed with all design items by the fourth quarter of 2020. However, after more than 5 years of implementation, this hundred billion project could not come true.

On December 11, according to the reporter, the project has only built a few small items. The main items such as food processing area, centralized slaughterhouse, and livestock development linkage have not been implemented by the investor.

The area that should have been planted with grass for cows' food is now left fallow.

Some items are cracked and degraded.

Abandoned cow barns are in a state of disrepair, wasting land resources and investment resources.

The ground was littered with materials, production activities had long stopped.

Ba N.T.K (huyen Cho Moi) cho biet, khi co thong tin chu truong du an, nguoi dan noi day rat mong cho va ky vong vi luc do, day la du an nong nghiep co quy mo lon, tien phong di dau tai dia phuong.

A resident of Cho Moi district said that when there was a project to raise cows and would cooperate with farmers to grow grass for sale or to be assigned cows to take care of, people were very excited, many households borrowed money to build barns.

Chung toi tung nghi du an nay se mang lai nhieu co hoi cho nguoi dan va kinh te dia phuong. Song bao nam trien khai i ach, khong nhu ky vong, dat thi bo hoang dang do nhin ma tiec nuoi, lang phi. Neu du an khong tiep tuc nua thi toi mong co quan cac cap som co phuong an thay the“, ba K thong tin them.

"After many years of implementation, no household has received cows to raise, and no one has purchased the grass they grow. Households participating in the association have had to borrow money to build barns, so they are in debt," said local people.

Speaking with Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Luc Van Cuong - Chairman of Quang Chu Commune People's Committee said that due to the lack of progress and efficiency, the investment project to build the Center for Gene Conservation and Development of H'Mong cattle breed was revoked and terminated by the Department of Science and Technology of Bac Kan province in November 2024.

"In early 2024, the commune visited the project. At that time, there were still cows in the barn, but the number was small. Recently, there was an announcement that the project had stopped operating. The commune has grasped the situation. Currently, the land area as well as the assets have not been handed over," said the commune leader.