Purchasing power increased slightly
Every year, when the flood season comes, fishing activities become more vibrant, leading to an increase in people's demand for fishing gear.
Coming to buy fishing gear at a production facility in Thom Rom net weaving village, Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu (O Mon district, Can Tho city) said that for about a month now, the water has been rising, people have a need to fish so they are looking to buy a lot of fishing gear.
Introduced by friends, Mr. Hieu went to Thom Rom craft village to import some fishing gear to sell for profit: "If the product quality and business are good, I will import and sell for a long time instead of just focusing on the flood season."
At Thom Rom net weaving village, these days, the production atmosphere is quite lively, workers are busy working to meet customer demand. However, according to some businesses, due to market competition, the consumption of products is only at a normal level or slightly increased.
Selling a variety of fishing gear products, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuan - owner of a net production facility in Thom Rom craft village - shared that the flood season is often the time that businesses in the craft village look forward to the most because the products will be consumed faster and in greater quantities.
“During the flood season this year, products are selling quickly but the quantity is somewhat lower than previous years. There is only about 1 month left until the end of the flood season but purchasing power has only increased slightly by 10-15%. The reason is that there are many businesses and customers are distributed. As for me, thanks to a source of regular customers in the Western and Central provinces and abroad, the amount of goods sold is still stable,” Ms. Thuan shared.
Providing fishing gear all year round, Ms. Tran Thien An - owner of a net production facility in Thom Rom craft village - is expecting purchasing power to improve as the flood season nears its end.
“In previous years, people were coming and going, but this flood season, sales are only at a normal level. Now, there are many businesses, but the number of customers has decreased. I just hope that before the flood season ends, business will improve so that I can quickly recover my capital and make a profit,” Ms. An confided.
Establishment of Cooperative
Currently, Thom Rom net weaving village in Tan Hung ward (Thot Not district, Can Tho city) has 40 households participating in main production and 470 households participating in processing. Mr. Nguyen Chi Hieu - Vice Chairman of Tan Hung ward People's Committee - said that the net weaving village operates all year round but is busiest from the 7th to 9th lunar month due to the flood season.
In recent times, the locality has regularly promoted and introduced loan programs and policies of the City People's Committee as well as encouraged the establishment of cooperatives to help maintain the craft village. However, because most establishments have their own customer base, they are quite hesitant to join cooperatives.
“In the future, the locality will coordinate with the Economic Department of Thot Not District and the Cooperative Union of Can Tho City to find solutions to mobilize people to participate in cooperatives. At the same time, the Ward People's Committee will continue to mobilize and guide businesses to register intellectual property as well as request support from functional agencies according to Decision No. 31/2022/QD-UBND dated October 6, 2022 of the City People's Committee "Regulations on policies to support the development of rural industries" so that craft village establishments can operate stably", Mr. Hieu informed.
