About the traditional carpentry village in Thach Chau

Traditional carpentry is being actively developed by people in Kim Ngoc village, Thach Chau commune (Loc Ha district, Ha Tinh ), bringing in high income and opening up opportunities to get rich.

For many years, Mr. Phan Cong Hien’s wooden furniture manufacturing facility (Kim Ngoc village, Thach Chau commune) has become a familiar destination for small traders “hunting” for sophisticated handcrafted furniture. His facility has many products and designs that meet market tastes with good quality.

Mr. Phan Cong Hien has over 40 years of experience in carpentry.

Carefully arranging wooden shelves of various sizes, Mr. Hien shared: "I have been a carpenter for more than 40 years. Currently, my workshop has an area of ​​over 2,000 ^m2 , producing all kinds of household items such as tables, chairs, cabinets, shelves, altars,...

We currently create jobs for 10 workers with a salary of over 15 million VND/person/month; revenue reaches nearly ten billion VND/year. Many families in the village have also become rich from carpentry."

Mr. Le Van Tuong takes care of each product.

Near Mr. Hien's facility, at Mr. Le Van Tuong's nearly 200 square ^meter workshop, workers are also busy chiseling, assembling, and sanding to complete the products. Mr. Tuong said: "My family's workshop employs 4-5 workers, but sometimes they have to work overtime at night to deliver the goods to customers on time. On average, I receive 3-5 orders per month, mainly tables and chairs with many types of wood."

Next to Mr. Tuong's facility is a carpentry workshop owned by Mr. Phan Cong Suu, who has decades of experience in the profession. Mr. Suu said: "In the past 2 years, the production and consumption of wooden products in Kim Ngoc village have been quite stable. To apply technology to production, I have invested hundreds of millions of VND in buying supporting machinery to reduce workload, save time and produce more diverse, sophisticated designs at more competitive prices. My workshop makes a profit of over 500 million VND/year, creating jobs for 4 regular workers with an income of 7 million VND/person/month."

Machines help reduce workload and save time.

According to households, consumer trends today have changed a lot. If in the past, the top priority of customers when buying was price, now they are more interested in the versatility and design of the product. Therefore, establishments not only focus on creating product quantity but also continuously update and create many designs to suit consumer tastes.

The customers of Kim Ngoc carpentry village are now not only in the low-income market segment but also target high-income consumers in and outside the province.

Workers work hard to complete orders on time.

Mr. Nguyen Van Huy (Loc Ha town) said: “My family has just completed a new house, so I am looking for prices and designs of the table and chairs to display in the living room. The quality of wooden products in Kim Ngoc village is famous far and wide, so I feel very secure when choosing furniture here.”

From a new direction, in recent years, the carpentry profession in Kim Ngoc village has been maintained and increasingly expanded. Currently, Thach Chau commune has more than 12 carpentry workshops, with an average revenue of 1 - 1.2 billion VND/establishment; creating jobs for hundreds of workers, with main workers earning 10 - 15 million VND/month, and assistant workers earning 4 - 5 million VND/month.

Traditional carpentry has opened up a way to help many households in Kim Ngoc village in particular and Thach Chau commune in general increase their income and improve their lives. Currently, the average income per capita of the commune reaches 46.4 million VND/year.

Mr. Phan Anh Duc

Chairman of Farmers' Association of Thach Chau commune

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/nong-nghiep/ve-lang-moc-truyen-thong-o-thach-chau/246407.htm