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Export Woven bamboo basket boats 

Phu Yen basket boat type exported to Thailand. Photo: Duc Huy

Stories Phu Yen Woven bamboo basket boats in Thailand also present almost by accident. According to Mr. Kin, a Thai professor traveling to VN, VN sight of people rowing a basket, he has an idea of ​​the import basket boat to Thailand to give the country's tourist attractions. But it was only the intention.

After the event some Thai businesses to support local people in Bangkok floods bamboo coracle to travel, Phu Yen craft 'images appeared very much in the Thai media. According to Mr. Kin, Thai people are very favorite kind of boat.

80 shipments last Phu Yen basket boat is exported to Thailand by water, is the kind of large-diameter baskets 1.6m. He also said that prior Kin basket boat is allowed to flow, authorities in Thailand conducted a very tight registry. Then, the Red Cross it checked again and then give people.

Since the appearance of Phu Yen basket boat in Thailand, the weaving village in Phu Yen bamboo basket basket boat also revived. These days, the village is very urgently H.Tuy An return average each household occupations sell 10 baskets in the first month.

Anh Mai Van Tao (30 years old, in the village of Phu My, An Minorities, H.Tuy An), said: "Previously, only made basket boat fisherman looking to buy. In recent months, a person at the Hoa TP.Tuy ordering in bulk. My family sold about 10 so within one month, more than 16 million income. "

Woven bamboo basket boats provide opportunities for the female labor participation idle, earning more. Pham Thi Thuy Le - Vice Chairman H.Tuy An - said: "The export basket boat will bring stable income to people in the villages, and solve the employment problem in countryside. The export will also promote the brand of Phu Yen basket boat internationally ".