THE START-UP OF THE TRADE VILLAGE
Hue Lai village is a locality where 95% of the population mainly lives by agriculture, farmers’ life faces many difficulties. But in recent years, thanks to the development of the gold and silver station industry, people have had additional jobs to improve their incomes, develop the family economy, step by step out of poverty and hunger and rise to the good and rich.
Hue Lai gold and silver craft village
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Hue Lai Jewelry Village was formed and developed for nearly 20 years. In the early years of the 90s, the goldsmithing profession returned to Hue Lai because a son of Hue Lai who worked as a worker to earn a living from Chau Khe village – Thuc Khang commune – Binh Giang district (Hai Duong province) brought back to increase his income. income for the family during leisure time. At first, there were only 3-4 people learning the profession and then passing it on, over the years, the number of households and workers has increased. If in 1995, Hue Lai gold and silver station only had 42/238 households with 170 employees, then 70% of households have been engaged in jewelry making and have become the main occupation, with 249 /357 households with over 1,000 employees. The average revenue of Hue Lai jewelry village and other villages is 20 billion VND/year.
In the process of stable development and production, the Commune Farmers’ Association has propagated and mobilized farmers and workers to continue preserving and promoting the value of craft villages, producing quality goods. , maintain credibility while ensuring labor safety and environmental sanitation. In the whole commune, there are 30% of households working in agriculture without capital and have been trusted by the Farmers’ Association for loans, totaling 5 billion VND for production investment.
TO ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
To have a craft village like today, jewelers have to go through a lot of difficulties, initially also have to face the market mechanism, along with keeping the credibility, the quick grasp of the market. is absolutely necessary, because it is the decisive step to the sustainable development of the craft village. Previously, the products of Hue Lai craft village were mainly consumed in Hai Duong, Hai Phong, and Hanoi, but now they are sold to all provinces and cities in the country. It is from the expansion of the market that the products of the craft village are sold everywhere and are not stagnant. In addition, by making to order, the workers also create many new and high-quality designs and products that are popular with domestic customers. As a result, the average income of goldsmiths is from 1.5-2.5 million VND/person/month.
The specificity of the jewelry profession is also very strict, because it not only requires diligence and hard work, but also requires skillful hands to make delicate patterns on gold and silver products. Workers need to have perseverance and patience in each stage. Mr. Pham Xuan Dinh, 69 years old, has 21 years of experience in the profession confided: “In order to become a good jeweler who can manufacture items according to the requirements of customers, the craftsman must first be gifted, hardworking and bright. Only then will they be able to stick with the profession for a long time”.
According to Mr. Do Xuan Chuyen, who built a craft village and is the chairman of the Phu Ung gold and silver station cooperative, said: The cooperative established in 1998 has 42 farmer households participating, the purpose is to gather productive forces. output and find output for the product. Cooperatives create jobs for laborers and households lacking capital to receive goods to work. Up to now, the capital of Silver Station Cooperative has from 9-10 billion dong, to maintain and create jobs for laborers and households lacking capital for production.
The person in front guides the people behind
Typically in the craft village, there are Mr. Nguyen Xuan Chuan, Pham Ngoc Qua, and Pham Van Dinh with an average income of 80-100 million VND/year and each household regularly creates jobs for them. 20 employees with stable income. In addition, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Chuan’s household also opened 2 gold and silver shops in Mai Son district (Son La) and Yen Hung district (Quang Ninh). To reduce the manual process in production, some households in the craft village buy production machines to reduce labor and increase labor productivity. Besides the advantages of market and product consumption, Hue Lai craft village also faces difficulties in capital and high lending interest rates. The government of Phu Ung commune has also taken measures to support Hue Lai craft village to develop sustainably.
The craftsman is working hard to create products that satisfy customers
From the effective work of the craft village, along with the efforts of Hue Lai people themselves, in 2004 the honor for Hue Lai gold and silver station craft village was awarded by Hung Yen Provincial People’s Committee a certificate of recognition as “Golden Craft Village”. Silver Hue Lai”. It is hoped that in the future, Hue Lai gold and silver craft village will continue to develop sustainably, create jobs, increase incomes for the people here, and contribute to the poverty reduction of the province.
Source: Collected internet.