Famous bamboo and rattan lantern products in Nghe An

Vinh City currently has 35 OCOP products, of which Duc Phong Company Limited has many 4-star products and 1 product is participating in Vietnam's 5-star OCOP product. Photo: Tran Chau

In the days leading up to Tet, at Duc Phong Company Limited in Vinh City, workers are busy checking lantern products made from bamboo and rattan to pack them for export to other countries. Photo: Tran Chau

Lanterns are the top selling product of Duc Phong Company. This is also a famous OCOP product of Vinh city. Photo: A best-selling lantern product currently being produced by workers. Photo: Tran Chau

Mr. Thai Dai Phong, Director of Duc Phong Company Limited, said: Currently, people in craft villages in the province have made many excellent products, but due to a serious labor shortage, the Company does not dare to accept many orders. Bamboo and rattan craft villages are fading away due to the labor going to industrial parks, working far away, and the labor in the countryside is decreasing. Photo: Tran Chau

This is one of the lantern products participating in the 5-star OCOP product of Vietnam of Duc Phong Company Limited. Photo: Tran Chau

Lanterns symbolize luck and happiness, decorated in restaurants, cafes, porches, indoors and with natural materials from Vietnam are very popular in the world. At Duc Phong Company Limited, there are many unique lantern products produced by people in Nghe An craft villages that have been exported to all European countries. Photo: Tran Chau

Another lantern product of Duc Phong Company participating in Nghe An's 5-star OCOP. Photo: Tran Chau

With proactive raw material sources in Quy Chau and Que Phong, Duc Phong Company Limited is creating jobs for hundreds of households growing forests in the mountainous areas and hundreds of households with sustainable income from bamboo and rattan weaving in the province with an income of 6-10 million VND/person/month. Previously, there were thousands of households doing this job, but now the number of workers and craft villages can be counted on the fingers of one hand. It is very difficult to find workers who are loyal to this profession that requires carefulness and meticulousness. Photo: Tran Chau

Director of Duc Phong Company Limited said: Lantern designs change frequently, income is not high so it is difficult to recruit and retain workers. A lantern costs only about 10 dollars but the cost accounts for 80%, especially the cost of packaging and transportation to customers to ensure safety and integrity. Photo: Tran Chau