Amid the verdant hills of Đại Phúc commune (Thái Nguyên) today, few remember that this place was once barren, empty land overgrown with weeds. To achieve this greenery, there is a contribution from Mr. Nguyễn Văn Tỉnh, a farmer from hamlet 8, who has escaped poverty by supplying tree seedlings for planting forests over the past nearly two decades. Born and raised in a farming family, Mr. Tỉnh's life was also quite difficult. He tried various jobs, but life remained no better. On sleepless nights, he often sat on his porch, smoking tobacco, silently gazing into the distance. It was in those moments that a thought emerged: Why is there so much land in my hometown left idle? Why do the people only plant rice in the lower fields, leaving the hills and mountains to be overgrown with weeds? These questions did not just linger in his mind but gradually became his motivation to seek a new path. Without formal training, Mr. Tỉnh started with the simplest things: learning from those who had ...