Coming to the traditional incense making village, we can see the hurried working atmosphere everywhere. The whole commune counts some 100 households making incense, mainly in Dong Thon, Truc Tri and An Xa villages. On the days ahead of the lunar New Year festival, the work is much busier than normal as supply hardly can meet demand. On these days, Dam Duc Loi’s facility can produce some 500,000 incense sticks per day, yielding profits from 200-300 million dong. It also helps generate jobs for 30 local workers. Dam Duc Loi is an incense maker from Dong Thon village, Quoc Tuan commune, Nam Sach district said ” As Tet is approaching, the market becomes more bustling with a rising number of clients. With a large number of local workers, we can produce 5-10 fold more than normal days.” Technological advances are now applied in drying incense instead of the sun’s heat. Thanks to incense driers, the trade can thrive year-round. Moreover, the products with medicinal ingredients have a good smell and are safe for users. Chairman of Quoc Tuan communal People’s Committee, Nam Sach district, Hai Duong province, Nguyen Ba Dung shared “Three quarters of Quoc Tuan’s villages are recognised making traditional incense. The trade has helped create jobs for locals, contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality.” Making traditional incense contributes to improving living standard of locals with rising income per capita. In 2017, the commune’s poor household rate fell to 3.76 percent. Along with efforts of local makers,… [Read full story]
Bunches of red incense sticks and their sweet smell are easily noticed along roads and in the yards of residents in Quan Huong village, the central province of Quang Nam, as the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday approaches. Dating back nearly 200 years, the village in Ha Lam town, Thang Binh district, now has 180 households with more than 100 of them making incense. Villagers produce incense around the year, yet the period prior to Tet is the most bustling. During these days, they have to work until 2am so as to timely deliver goods to customers from faraway. Tran…... [read more]
Hai Duong not only is a well - off land with charming nature - landscapes and beautiful sites but also known for along time in domestic that's Hai Duong's porcelain and pottery and cakes made of ground green lentils. Hai Duong is a well - off land with charming nature - landscapes and beautiful sites such as Con Son and Kiep Bac temple which are known by many people. Con Son is called Hun Mountain, high nearly up to 200 meter and 1 kilometer in length. Con Son peak has more than 900 levels of stone arranged meanderingly across and…... [read more]
(VOVworld)- Hai Duong province in the Red River Delta is considered to be the cradle of the Vietnamese culture. The province embraces an age-old culture and history. Hai Duong city, 60 km east of Hanoi, has been well-known for its rich culture, long history, and learning tradition. In the past, the province had 472 scholars including 11 first-ranking doctoral laureates. Mo Trach village in Binh Giang is honored as the Doctor Village because it produced 39 holders of doctorate degrees during feudal times. The province set up a Temple of Literature to honor the local learning tradition. Famous scholars from…... [read more]
NDO - President Truong Tan Sang attended a ceremony on October 30 in Hai Duong city, the capital of northern Hai Duong province, to mark the 210th anniversary of the establishment of Thanh Dong (1804 -2014; now Hai Duong province) and the 60th anniversary of the city's liberation from French rule (1954-2014). Praising the glorious tradition of Hai Duong - a land that has fostered many national heroes who made great contributions to the nation ─ the president stressed that Thanh Dong in the past and Hai Duong today, over 210 years of construction and development, has always been a…... [read more]
Hai Duong has a strategic geographical location in the northern key economic zone. With the motto "The success of enterprise is the success of the province", Hai Duong province has applied many open investment attraction mechanisms and policies and achieved positive results. Particularly, the province has actively expanded and developed friendly and cooperation relations with Japanese organisations and businesses. Vietnam Business Forum has an interview with Mr Nguyen Manh Hien, Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee, on the province's achievements in the past time and investment attraction orientations in the coming time. Hoang Bach reports. What is your opinion…... [read more]
