Some families in Da Nang's Phuoc Chanh Commune are now raising spotted deer, which they used to only see on TV.

These deer are now valuable to the families.

Ho Van Hung feeds his five spotted deer every morning with elephant grass and banana trees.

One of his deer is growing its first antlers.

Hung said, 'These are the first antlers our family has ever seen.'

His family used to raise cattle, but it did not work well.

The local government gave Hung's family five spotted deer, and they built a special place for them.

They also learned how to take care of the deer and what to feed them.

Hung said, 'We used to raise buffaloes, cattle, and pigs. I only saw spotted deer on TV.'

The deer are a new way for the families to make money.

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Hung is not the only one raising deer.

Another man, Ho Van Vuong, made money by selling deer antlers.

Vuong said, 'Raising deer is better than raising buffaloes or cattle.'

Each male deer can give 0.7 to 1.2 kilograms of antlers twice a year.

The antlers can be sold for a lot of money, around VND 10 million to VND 12 million per kilogram.

The deer are helping the families in a big way.

A man named Le Van Dien said that the hardest part was getting people to try something new.

Many people were afraid to raise deer because they did not know how.

The local government helped the families by sending people to teach them how to take care of the deer.

The government also found buyers for the antlers so the families would know they could sell them.

The project is getting bigger.

At first, 75 deer were given to 15 families.

After just three months, many of the deer had already grown their first antlers.

More families want to join the project now.

A woman named Nguyen Thi Nhat joined after seeing how well it worked for her neighbors.

She said, 'The deer are doing well, and we are very happy.'

Now, 25 families are raising deer, and more want to join.

The project is changing the way people think about farming.

A man named Le Dinh Tai said that the project's biggest success is that people are now open to new ideas.

The families are learning new things and taking care of their deer.

The government wants to keep helping the families and make the project even bigger.

The spotted deer are now a symbol of hope for the families in central Vietnam.

Huy Truong