Vinh Quoi: Leveraging hyacinth to escape poverty
In recent years, the handicraft items from water hyacinth (hyacinth) as handbags, baskets furniture, carpet ... it is increasingly favored craft of hyacinth exploit farmers in rural areas are also development. Reportedly, at present in the province of Vinh Quoi Commune, Nga Nam District, Soc Trang province, about 100 households take advantage of the exploitation of water hyacinth on the river to have an extra income every day while taking advantage of idle labor in the countryside . According to Van Phong Truong Vinh Hoa Hamlet lives, Vinh Quoi said: "His family began fishery hyacinth over 5 years now, every 100 kg of fresh water hyacinth will create 7 kg of dried water hyacinth." With prices on the market dried water hyacinth from 4-7 thousand / kg, in the rainy season (from May 6-11 every year) have family incomes Style Results 1 - 1.3 million / month. He Feng said: "Under normal circumstances, it time to dried water hyacinth from 7-10 days on the sunny day. To shorten the time people generally applicable method: dry hyacinth 1-3 days and then taken to the sulfur steam and continued exposure to 1-2 days to be dry hyacinth ".
Currently, most of the canals of the southern provinces (including Bac Lieu Province) in the rainy season, the water hyacinth grow very dense, sometimes blocking the flow of water. Design thinking, as hyacinth fishery is properly developed, planned, specific details will have helped many farmers have more income and to ensure water circulation, protect and improve environment.
