New life from the cinnamon forests in Tân Hợp

In Tân Hợp Commune, Lào Cai Province, many people will be amazed at the transformation of this land. Elegant houses are rising side by side, concrete roads stretching under the lush green canopy. All this prosperity stems from cinnamon trees, a crop that locals liken to "green gold," helping them not only escape poverty but also achieve sustainable wealth. Elegant houses thanks to the cinnamon forest Under the golden sunlight of the highland winter, the cinnamon hills in Đại Sơn Village, Tân Hợp Commune, still exude a fragrant aroma. For the locals, cinnamon is not just a crop but an accumulated asset, a "dowry" parents provide for their children. Busy harvesting young cinnamon branches at her son's cinnamon bark processing workshop, Mrs. Triều Thị Tén, a resident of Đại Sơn Village, excitedly recounts the greatest asset of her life. At 63 years old, Mrs. Tén still retains the quick and lively demeanor of a Dao woman from the highlands. Her family once owned over ten hectares of ...