Phu Yen: Preservation and development of handicraft villages

Production of rice paper by hand in Hoa Da village,
An My commune, Tuy An district. Photo: Vo Phe

In order to restore, preserve and develop handicraft villages in the province, over the past time, the People's Committee of Phu Yen province has directed sectors and localities to actively support investment in expanding the scale and improving production processes. , improve product quality; promote trade and tourism in association with the introduction of craft villages and products...

Small scale, low competitiveness

Dong Xuan district has outstanding products derived from traditional crafts such as knitting in Thanh Duc village (Xuan Quang commune), brocade weaving in Xi Thoai village (Xuan Lanh commune), Long Binh rice paper (La Hai town). However, each commune has only a few households participating and doing it on a small scale, serving local consumption needs.

Or as Tuy An is known for its products of basket bottles, sedge mats, and traditional rice paper, but maintaining craft villages also faces many problems. Mr. Nguyen Cong Hai, Deputy Head of Economic - Infrastructure Department of Tuy An district, said: Up to this point, handicraft villages in the district include producing sedge mats in An Cu commune, knitting baskets and bottles in An Dan commune. , Hoa Da rice paper processing (An My commune) is still operating.

For Hoa Da rice paper processing craft village, in the past, there were larger-scale production households as the focal point to collect and support the consumption of their products, but now the market situation is somewhat difficult, so the This department does not buy as much as before. Therefore, the development of a production chain has not yet been formed. The other two craft villages are also facing difficulties in terms of raw materials, consumption markets...

Dong Hoa town has 2 craft villages producing sedge mats and ceramics, which are being lost due to lack of raw materials and output. Mr. Nguyen Van Hong, Vice Chairman of Dong Hoa Town People's Committee said: The households producing sedge mats get raw materials from the paved growing area in Hoa Hiep Trung ward. When households who grow slices switch to rice, production materials are cut off. Pottery villages are difficult to market, so artisans are not interested in producing.

Previously, the locality had a plan for households to learn experiences from craft villages outside the province and connect to solve outputs, but there were not many workers left, so the local support plan could not be implemented.

According to functional sectors, handicraft villages in the province mainly operate on a small scale, with low competitiveness; Products are mainly consumed domestically. From 2015 to 2022, there are 3 newly recognized craft villages in the province, bringing the total number of craft villages to 20, of which there are 17 handicraft villages and 3 purely agricultural craft villages.

Continue to invest

Over the past time, from non-business capital, national target programs, provincial budgets, etc., functional sectors and localities have implemented a number of supportive policies such as trade promotion, science and technology transfer. , building projects, development models in craft villages.

Despite receiving attention and support, craft villages still have difficulties in applying mechanization and automation equipment to production; the construction of raw material areas, brands and collective marks has not been properly invested and paid attention to; The craft village infrastructure system is not synchronized, lacks production space, lacks infrastructure works for the development and conservation of craft villages...

The province's orientation to 2030, vision to 2045 is to preserve and develop handicraft villages to promote traditional values, promote production development, create jobs and raise incomes for people. people, contributing to sustainable socio-economic development in rural areas, meeting environmental protection requirements.

To achieve this goal, the Provincial People's Committee has developed and implemented a project to restore and develop a number of handicraft villages and introduce and develop a number of new occupations associated with tourism development in Phu Yen, period 2021-2030. Recently, the province also issued a plan to restore and develop a number of handicraft villages and introduce and develop some new occupations associated with tourism development in the area by 2023; directing departments, branches and localities to strengthen coordination, promote tourism promotion and publicity in association with the introduction of craft villages and handicraft products from craft villages, etc. At the same time, support the development of typical products associated with the development of OCOP products; renewing production forms, linking in production, forming value chains from production to product consumption...

In 2023, the province strives to recognize two new craft villages including Long Thuy fish sauce (Tuy Hoa city) and Xi Thoai brocade weaving (Dong Xuan district); supporting craft village products to participate in the OCOP program, linking along the value chain, of which at least 14 craft village products have registered to participate in the evaluation and classification of OCOP products.

Mr. Vo Dinh Hanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade said: To carry out this task, the Departments of Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, Culture, Sports and Tourism ... coordinate in implementing industrial promotion, trade promotion, promotion and introduction of craft village products to find a stable market and output for craft village products. The units continue to train technical knowledge, application of new technologies and vocational skills for production facilities in the craft village. The Department of Industry and Trade will support craft villages to put traditional and typical products into convenience stores, supermarkets, trade centers, and e-commerce platforms to serve the needs of residents and visitors.

* Vo Phe
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