The Dao woman gets rich thanks to red-lipped bananas.

Sister Bàn Thị Hồng (Quân Chu Commune, Thái Nguyên) has long been regarded by the villagers as a model of diligence and innovation in agricultural development. Sister Hồng's banana orchard spans over 2 hectares, with rows of healthy red-stemmed bananas, some already bearing fruit, others in the growth phase. The banana orchard is meticulously planned and cared for. Five years ago, she was the pioneer in introducing the red-stemmed banana variety to Quân Chu Commune. "Now, half of the households in the group grow bananas. In the early years, each harvest I only earned around 300 - 400 million VND. Last year, the price of bananas unexpectedly increased two to three times due to storms that damaged many areas, significantly reducing the supply. Thanks to my family's orchard being only lightly affected, losing about 300 bunches, the income from the bananas and nearly 300 grapefruit roots reached nearly 1 billion VND, minus interest costs of about 800 million VND," Sister Hồng said ...