The Hung Hien canna starch vermicelli cooperative in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, receives local support through training in marketing and online sales skills to expand markets for its products. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
The Hung Hien canna starch vermicelli cooperative in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, receives local support through training in marketing and online sales skills to expand markets for its products. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Vermicelli production at the Hung Hien canna starch vermicelli cooperative in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Vermicelli production at the Hung Hien canna starch vermicelli cooperative in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
The family of Nong Thi Xiu, a woman from Vietnam’s Giay ethnic minority group in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, maintains the traditional vermicelli-making craft, combining manual production methods with the use of grinding and noodle-making machines. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
The family of Nong Thi Xiu, a woman from Vietnam’s Giay ethnic minority group in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, maintains the traditional vermicelli-making craft, combining manual production methods with the use of grinding and noodle-making machines. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, creates local jobs and provides income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
The vermicelli drying area of the Hung Hien canna starch vermicelli cooperative in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, where the traditional craft provides employment for local residents. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
The vermicelli drying area of the Hung Hien canna starch vermicelli cooperative in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, where the traditional craft provides employment for local residents. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Local residents harvest canna rhizomes, the raw material used in vermicelli production. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Local residents harvest canna rhizomes, the raw material used in vermicelli production. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, helps create jobs locally and generate income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
Traditional vermicelli making in Ban Xeo commune, Lao Cai province, helps create jobs locally and generate income for ethnic minority workers. (Photo: Pham Tuan Anh/VNA)
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Traditional vermicelli makers in Lao Cai embrace digital tools to reach new markets

Training courses organised by local authorities are helping vermicelli makers in Ban Xeo, a mountainous locality in northern Vietnam's Lao Cai province, improve their business, e-marketing skills, enabling them to reach more customers and expand markets for their products.