Nghi Tan Ward (Cua Lo Town) exports 15,000 tons of seafood each year.

(Baonghean.vn) - In addition to fishing, Nghi Tan people (Cua Lo town) also develop seafood processing business specializing in supplying domestic market and exporting abroad. On average, 15,000 tons of seafood of all kinds are exported each year, mainly to Thailand, China and Cambodia;Domestic market of 10,000 tons/year is concentrated in the northern provinces such as Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau and the southern provinces such as Kien Giang, Vung Tau, Can Tho...

Nghi Tan ward currently has 26 frozen warehouses, providing jobs for more than 100 regular workers and 60 - 70 seasonal workers.

Each regular worker has a stable income of 5 million VND/person/month.

To ensure food safety and hygiene, villagers pay great attention to hygiene. In the photo: Cleaning fish trays before freezing.

Fish is kept in a freezer with a stable temperature of 50 degrees Celsius.

After freezing at 50 degrees Celsius, the fish is packaged at 25 - 30 degrees Celsius.

Products are carefully packaged before being released to the market.

Each fish box like this weighs 10 kg.

In addition to supplying the domestic market with 10,000 tons/year, Nghi Tan seafood village's products are also exported to foreign markets such as China with 10,000 tons/year; Thailand with 2,000 tons/year; and Cambodia with 3,000 tons/year.

Certificate of food safety knowledge of one of dozens of households specializing in freezing in Nghi Tan seafood village.

Chemical test results of the Center for Seafood Quality Region 1 concluded: the products of the craft village do not contain preservatives and are not contaminated with lead.

Certificate of food safety qualified facility for trading and purchasing aquatic products.

Thanh Thuy - Thu Huong