Hyacinth weaving baskets in Mo Cay District North
Hyacinth plant is very familiar with the people of the South River area. This plant had many uses, in recent years, hyacinth as source materials for handicraft goods worth. Mo Cay Bac district is thriving local weaving water hyacinth basket.
Nguyen Van Dong - Owners of producing handicrafts Dong Mai Thanh Tan Commune, Mo Cay Bac district who have many years of commitment and development of water hyacinth basket said, therefore environmentally friendly, ensure the health, aesthetics and high handicraft from water hyacinth handicraft market is highly desirable. Operation in 2002 to the present, the basis of his employment for over 600 employees in North and Mo Cay district in Ba Tri, Giong Trom and Chau Thanh. But bring income is not high, but so can produce year round, does not depend on the weather hyacinth basket weaving is very suitable for the rural working poor, especially women workers and make full use of idle time increase family income. Not only female workers, the elderly or retired, basket weaving water hyacinth is also joy during my spare time.
Currently, weaving baskets woven water hyacinth 3 main types of grain type, type of knit and woven herringbone disorder. Each type suitable for many different product series. Therefore, the handicraft products from water hyacinth diverse as: bag, wine bottle baskets, trays, crates of books, clothes, pots, mats ... not only consumed in water, this product is currently exports very valuable, especially in the European market.
Previously, hyacinth weaving baskets in Mo Cay Bac district as well as across the province have developed very quickly. However, two years ago, this business has declined significantly, the main cause is due to the difficult business of capital and raw material dry growing local hiem.Cac need stable resource planning whether to serve the development potential commodity exports. It is also a way of contributing to the maintenance of the characteristics of the South River.
