Workers proficient in selling on social networks
Ms. Hoan (from Thanh Minh commune, Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province) said that her hometown has a traditional profession of making dong vermicelli. In addition to large-scale production cooperatives, many families in the commune still produce on a household scale, supplying people in the commune and neighboring communes. Ms. Hoan's parents in the hometown have nearly 20 years of experience making dong vermicelli, and are one of the prestigious places in the locality.
Ms. Hoan came to the job of selling dong vermicelli quite by chance. “Three years ago, after Tet, I came from my hometown and brought a few chickens, a few kilos of pork ribs and some dong vermicelli. At the New Year's party of the boarding house, I helped cook dong vermicelli with ribs and chicken bones. Everyone in the boarding house praised the delicious vermicelli. Everyone asked me to order it from my hometown. Every month, I sell about 20kg. Especially during Tet, just in December, I sell several hundred kilograms of vermicelli, people buy it to bring home for Tet and as gifts,” Ms. Hoan said.
Also thanks to her friends' advice, Ms. Hoan posted more sales information on her personal page and on the social networking group in the industrial park where she works. For about 10 days now, she has been selling a few dozen kilos of dong vermicelli every day to her parents in the countryside. "My parents are very happy, this Tet the family has a decent income from a side job that no one expected," Ms. Hoan happily revealed.
"Riding on the momentum", Ms. Hoan is planning to sell the famous Cam Thuy hill chicken. Currently, the family is considering ways to process and vacuum-seal the chicken and is exploring potential suppliers in the commune.
“If we agree early, around the full moon of December, I will sell more specialty hill chickens. I plan to collect two shipments per week on Wednesday and Sunday,” said Ms. Hoan.
Not afraid of hardship
Mr. Le Van Quy is from Quy Hop district (Nghe An), currently working as a worker at a mechanical company in Thanh Tri district, Hanoi.
Mr. Quy said that after living in Hanoi for 10 years, he has 8 years of experience selling Vinh orange specialties from his hometown.
“As long as I can make money, I don’t mind the hard work. The first few days of selling were very confusing. Because I didn’t go to the garden to check the quality of the oranges, I made almost no profit in the first year and had to compensate customers for the bad oranges.
From the second year, my whole family went all over the district to choose and buy the whole orange garden. After that, difficulties arose because no household wanted to sell wholesale, selling at high retail prices made more profit. I had to buy blindly, meaning I paid a high price for the whole garden, then classified it into 3 types, and sold it at 3 different prices... For the past three years, I have had a stable source of oranges, and each Tet season I earn tens of millions of dong from selling this specialty fruit," Mr. Quy shared.
According to Mr. Quy, since Ong Cong Ong Tao Day, he and his wife have had to help shippers deliver goods to customers on time. Although it is hard work, the male worker is very happy because this job not only brings high income but also helps spread the specialties of his hometown...
Not only Mr. Quy and Ms. Hoan, many workers often sell fruits, food, and specialties of their hometowns in their spare time. Some people have a "good hand" and earn a steady income of five to seven million VND per month. Many workers have even quit their jobs at factories and companies after a period of working "on the side" to focus on sales. For them, this job not only helps them earn extra income, stabilize their lives in the city, but also helps promote their hometown specialties in the capital.
