Tons of vermicelli are dried by producers along the Day River dike, through Duong Lieu commune, Hoai Duc (Hanoi), exposed to dust and dirt, even for dogs to defecate and chickens to find food every day.
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| Duong Lieu craft village (Hoai Duc district, Hanoi) has been making noodles and vermicelli from cassava and arrowroot since the 1960s. Currently, there are 2,800 households participating in production, bringing in revenue of more than 300 billion VND per year. However, many unsightly images, causing negative feelings towards passersby, still exist when environmental issues and food hygiene and safety have not been seriously implemented by households. |
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| At the end of the year, Duong Lieu people enter the season of making noodles and vermicelli in large quantities to serve the Lunar New Year of Hanoi people and some northern provinces. |
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| According to the process, the vermicelli must be dried immediately. But the village fields that are rented out for drying vermicelli have become overloaded. An anonymous resident said that each sao of rice field is rented out for 2 million VND per year. But the fields are few, far from the road, and the rent is expensive, so people dry the rice on the roadside for convenience. |
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| This “convenience” of the production households has caused many problems with food hygiene and safety when the Day River dike road, where people dry vermicelli, is a busy place with vehicles passing by. Every time a car passes by, people on the road have to cover their noses to avoid dust, and the vermicelli trays are not covered at all. |
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| Noodles are dried in a pond of black water discharged by some production facilities. |
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| Vermicelli and noodles are located right next to the canal, emitting a foul smell. It is known that every day, Duong Lieu craft village discharges 13,000 m3 of wastewater into the environment. Most of it is not treated but discharged directly into the irrigation canal system and then flows into the Day River, polluting the entire river. |
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| Cassava peels are often dumped directly into the fields. The noodles are then dried right on top of the decomposing peels. |
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| Due to strong winds, the dried noodle rolls fell to the ground. |
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| Not only dust, dogs and cats here are free-range and often defecate on the drying vermicelli trays. |
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| Some flocks of chickens roam freely to forage for food. These vermicelli sheets, after being dried, will be packaged and transported to be sold to consumers. |
According to Zing.vn
