A business in Ca Mau province’s Cai Doi Vam town makes dried seafood for Tet. (Photo: nld.com.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Craft villages in the Mekong Delta areincreasing their production of foodstuff to ensure sufficient supply for Tet,which falls in mid-February 2021.
To Ngoc Hoang, owner of a pork sausage making facility in Dong Thap province,said he is preparing for the festival, and prices of inputs have more thandoubled since last year.
Since demand for pork sausages rises by up to five times around Tet, he said heneeds to hire more workers and invest in more machinery.
Tan Phu Dong rice flour village in the same province is also becoming busier,with rice noodles and pho making businesses scrambling to prepare for thefestival.
Nguyen Viet Em said his family always makes rice noodles for Tet, but this yearhis family and others could produce less than last year due to COVID-19. Heplans to produce one ton every day.
Meanwhile, in a craft village for dried goods and fish sauce in Hong Ngu city’sAn Lac ward in the same province, fishes are being dried along the side ofroads, while many workers are busy.
Tran VanA, owner of a business that makes dried snakehead murrel, said that hisbusiness would produce some 20 per cent less than last year due to thepandemic, and increase prices of dried products due to higher raw materialprices.
In Ca Mau province’s Cai Doi Vam town, where many people make a living withprocessing seafood, they are currently making dried fish, with some businessesstarting work early each morning.
To Truong Son, Chairman of the Cai Doi Vam town People’s Committee, said thereare around 40 households making dried fish, and local authorities are workingto ensure they are adhering to food safety standards through inspections andpropaganda./.
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