Visit the village straw fragrant

The village is located in Tan Loi 2 Hamlet, Thuan Hung Commune, Thot Not District, Can Tho City. The village is adjacent to the bridge on Highway 91 (the road to Long Xuyen City - An Giang) has a very cute name: "Straw Pom" so people in the Hau river known as "Knit straw net village". According to Mr. Ho Khac Thanh, owner of a net weaving facility, most of the villagers are from Thua Thien Hue, choosing this land is good for the establishment of nearly 30 years.

The village is located in Tan Loi 2 Hamlet, Thuan Hung Commune, Thot Not District, Can Tho City. The village is adjacent to the bridge on Highway 91 (the road to Long Xuyen City - An Giang) has a very cute name: "Straw Pom" so people in the Hau river known as "Knit straw net village". According to Mr. Ho Khac Thanh, owner of a net weaving facility, most of the villagers are from Thua Thien Hue, choosing this land is good for the establishment of nearly 30 years.   The knitting season starts from March 3 (active source of goods for floating season) to November 11 (when the water has been drained and adjacent fields). At first, straw net made for sale to local people and neighbors in O Mon, Red Flag ... but over 15 years have been present in many markets in the Mekong Delta. According to the comments of the customers: "Straw lattice narrow knit, high durability, easy to catch fish, the price is lower than other places net from 10% -15% should fit the pocket of the poor. Currently, the "village" has over 20 net weaving establishments, attracting nearly 400 workers. Net knitting work just hard, meticulous.    Many poor students take advantage of their free time to do more netting, lead-in also earning VND10,000 - VND15,000 / day - so be sure to pay for the new school year. With proficient job, the net, lead, catch money ... can earn 25,000 - 30,000 per day. In rural areas, the income is already in the quarter. Thanks to net knitting, many households escape from poverty, children are educated to the place.   Commodities made available for consumption have helped craft villages have technical conditions to improve productivity, quality, design. Phan Thanh Dung, a lead biting worker, from the thought: "Serpent bite is certainly a high risk of lead poisoning! How do you accept the "lead worker" - have used self scrap to produce lightweight lead clamp, capacity "clamp machine" increased 4-5 times "mouth clamp". At the price of 500,000 VND / machine, he has sold hundreds of leaders to the network in Can Tho, Hau Giang, An Giang, Dong Thap. Mr. Huynh Van Thanh - Secretary of the Party Committee of Thuan Hung Commune said: "To support the craft villages, localities only collect taxes of establishments during the peak production season," eat goods "especially 3 months floating season . We are promoting the establishment of the Knit nets network to further expand production, seek markets, create hundreds of new jobs for local workers. "