Farmers in Long An, Vietnam are well off thanks to wild vegetables grown once to harvest for a few years, earning hundreds of millions of dong

According to Mr. Le Van Nam, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ben Luc district (Long An province), thanks to the output consumption, the income of people growing gotu kola in the area is quite good and stable. In the midst of the hot sun, Mrs. Tran Thi Chinh (Thanh Hoa commune) sat back and forth to cut gotu kola. The house is growing 0.5ha of coconut, but due to low and precarious prices, Ms. Chinh applies to work as a cutter for the CCV Group Trade Promotion Joint Stock Company (a unit that is investing in growing gotu kola in the area). . According to Ms. Chinh, she has worked with the company for 2 years now. On average, Ms. Chinh cuts about 30 bags of gotu kola every day. The salary for each bag is 30,000 VND (10kg/pack). "Actually, I have an income of 9-10 million VND per month. The more effort I put in, the more income I earn", Mrs. Chinh laughed. Some distance away, Mrs. Mai Thi Luom is also working hard to weed the centella asiatica field of ...