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Nghe An seafood processing village during Tet season

Thanh Phuc • December 6, 2024 14:13

Less than 2 months to go until Lunar New Year 2025. This is considered the largest production period of the year, therefore, these days, people in coastal villages in the province are busy preparing seafood products to supply the market in time.

In the last month of 2024, taking advantage of favorable weather, fishermen actively went out to sea to fish. Boats docked, shrimp, fish, and squid were immediately purchased by traders to supply raw materials to processing facilities in the area. Photo: Thanh Phuc

At the end of the year, China increased its purchase of dried anchovies, so Mr. Tran Van Chung's processing facility (Quynh Lap commune, Hoang Mai town) focused on purchasing fresh anchovies, steaming, drying, and packaging them for export. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Every day, 25 workers work at full capacity to process 15 tons of fresh anchovies into finished dried anchovies for export. Photo: Thanh Phuc

cá gia vị — Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu, owner of My Thu seafood processing facility (Quynh Lap commune, Hoang Mai town) said: "We are currently preparing nearly 8 tons of goods with 2 frozen warehouses to serve the Tet market. In which, mainly squid, shrimp, anchovies, various types of spiced fish...". Photo: Thanh Phuc

Squid, dried squid, and sun-dried squid are popular items during Tet. Therefore, cold storage facilities are actively stocking up to meet market demand. Photo: Thanh Phuc

đóng gói — After processing, the seafood is carefully packed in cardboard boxes, clearly labeled with each type, and put into the freezer. Photo: Thanh Phuc

kho đông — Frozen warehouses are full of all kinds of Tet seafood. Photo: Thanh Phuc

At this time, fish sauce processing facilities in Nghi Hai, Nghi Huong, Nghi Thuy (Vinh City) are also in the stage of extracting fish sauce, bottling it to supply to agents. Photo: Thanh Phuc

nc mắm — Since it is a Tet product, the design has also changed a lot, mainly packaged in glass bottles, with luxurious paper boxes, and various volumes from 200ml to 1,000ml to meet customers' needs. Photo: Thanh Phuc

hàng tết — Products such as fried shrimp, fish cakes, squid cakes, etc. are prepared in large quantities by facilities, processed, frozen and exported to provinces and cities across the country. Photo: Thanh Phuc

ghép 3 — Vacuum-packed grilled mackerel, sun-dried mackerel, sun-dried mackerel... are some of the products that are in high demand at the end of the year. Ms. Nguyen Thi Tai, owner of a seafood processing facility in Nghi Thuy (Vinh City) said: "In addition to fresh whole mackerel products, grilled mackerel and sun-dried mackerel are very popular in the market. Therefore, we have had to purchase raw materials for the past month and concentrate our processing capacity to supply Tet goods to wholesalers." Photo: Thanh Phuc

Smoked sticky rice with sugarcane - a specialty of the people of Nghi Thuy fishing village - is also a delicious dish on the ancestral altar of many families in Nghe An. In Nghi Thuy, there are currently 5-7 households maintaining this traditional profession because of the elaborate preparation. During Tet, each kilogram of steamed anchovies usually costs between 100,000 and 130,000 VND. Photo: Thanh Phuc

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