Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks are successful thanks to the application of science and technology combined with traditional craft methods. Cooperative products have a variety of designs and quality to meet the needs of customers, not only are they durable. , beautiful but very attractive price suitable for many customers.
I don’t know when, rustic chopsticks have appeared on the Vietnamese dinner table, becoming a part of culinary culture. Among them, bamboo chopsticks and wooden chopsticks are the most common types, widely used in families. However, with the tropical monsoon climate in our country, chopsticks are easily moldy and can be harmful to the user’s health.
From the fact that clean products that ensure food hygiene and safety reach consumers, especially the poor and ordinary working class who need products that are both affordable but still ensure quality and safety, Chopsticks Cooperative Quang Thuy wood is determined to learn in depth how to produce high quality products to bring trust and confidence to consumers.
Clean chopsticks with Vietnamese soul
Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks production cooperative was established based on the foundation of traditional chopstick production. To make quality products, Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks cooperative has applied modern machinery and equipment. into the production process. The cooperative not only meets the domestic chopsticks market but also exports to Asian countries.
Mr. Trien, a “wooden chopstick” man, left the city to return to the village, returned to his hometown to start a business making fine art wooden chopsticks. But Mr. Trien thinks differently, returning to his hometown is to contribute his intelligence and creativity. Mr. Trien said that although he had experience, he lived in the city. In Ho Chi Minh City, his factory mainly produces high-end products. Back home to build a brand, he had to start with popular products, mainly chopsticks made from wood, coconut wood, spoons, wooden ladles… and higher-end fine art wooden chopsticks made from Horn, bone, pearl, and conch materials have high aesthetic value, good quality, and are very popular in the market.
There used to be a thriving business producing high-quality wooden chopsticks in the city. Ho Chi Minh, but with the desire to create jobs and increase income for many idle workers in the homeland. In 2018, Mr. Le Thanh Trien decided to “leave the city and return to the countryside” to open a factory in Trung Thuy village, Quang Thuy commune, Ba Don town, Quang Binh province.
With guidance and dedicated support from local authorities, in 2018, Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks production, business and trade cooperative was established with Mr. Le Thanh Trien as director. Determined to succeed, he began hiring skillful people in the village, then began to instruct each person to become familiar with the production stages. The Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks production cooperative was established in September. 6 years 2018, initial charter capital is 500 million VND, with determination to succeed. Just like that, from a capital of several tens of millions of dong and a few workers, the 100m2 factory has now become 600m2. Up to now, the charter capital of Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks cooperative has reached 10 billion VND; On average, each month the unit sells 200,000 products of all kinds and designs. The development of Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks cooperative has contributed to creating jobs for local idle workers, contributing to increasing income and stabilizing people’s lives.
Up to now, the Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks brand has been well received by domestic and foreign markets with many products from high-end to affordable. High-end handicraft wooden chopsticks are made from materials from the Son Ta technology product line, wooden chopsticks polished with a compound of Son Ta tree essential oil (abundant in Phu Tho province) and resin, which is very popular in the domestic market. East Asian countries favor high aesthetic value, and the good quality of Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks cooperative meets the provincial OCOP 4-star standard.
This is the second consecutive year that wooden chopsticks products of Quang Thuy Wooden Chopsticks Cooperative are exported through intermediary customers that are popular with Japanese and Korean consumers. In 2023, the Cooperative has exported over 60,000 products of all kinds of wooden chopsticks to this market with orders in accordance with the contract and commitment with Japanese partners. Korea. Thanks to effective production and business solutions along with promoting market development, Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks cooperative has succeeded with the wooden chopsticks production model. This direction has created a unique feature for him and the cooperative, contributing to creating stable jobs for rural workers.
On average, the cooperative produces 5,000 – 7,000 pairs of chopsticks every day, including many types of wooden chopsticks with a variety of designs such as wooden spoon lips, smooth chopsticks and patterned chopsticks, creating jobs for more than 25 workers. skilled, more than 30 seasonal workers and more than 50 households doing home processing in Quang Thuy commune as well as some neighboring communes such as Quang Tan, Quang Tien, Quang Son, Quang Trung, Quang Hoa, Quang Loc. The cooperative has participated in opening short-term training classes, organizing vocational training classes on making chopsticks and lips, spoons, patches, and wooden grits for local workers to help improve people’s lives. Chopsticks cost from 30,000 VND to 1.5 million VND/1 dozen depending on the type. Depending on market demand, Mr. Dien exports different types of products. “If you want to make a living from your profession, your goods must be of good quality and you must know how to maintain reputation with customers, so myself and the cooperative put quality first.” top. It’s better to have a small income and always have a stable job than to lose credibility with customers,” Mr. Le Thanh Trien shared.
Established cooperatives contribute to creating jobs for local idle workers, contributing to increasing income and stabilizing people’s lives. Cooperatives are constantly improving and expanding to create more jobs for people to solve the majority of idle agricultural workers. Besides, our cooperative also researches suitable products as souvenirs for tourists in Quang Binh in particular and the whole country. We realize that typical Vietnamese visual symbols can be combined on chopsticks, creating unique features of Vietnamese wooden chopstick products such as images of girls wearing ao dai, cranes, dragonflies, These products can be used as souvenirs for foreign tourists. What our cooperative pays special attention to is not only beautiful and diverse designs, but we also pay special attention to food hygiene and safety issues, because chopsticks are products that come into direct contact with food when we use them. use. Therefore, the cooperative does not use chemicals for bleaching, toxic colors, or chemicals to prevent mold and termites. Our products have instructions for use available to customers. Before use, you must wash them. If you are more careful, you can put them in boiling water to clean the remaining dirt during the production process, and do not soak them in water for too long. Over time, the natural color of the wood will be lost.
Sustainable sophistication from Vietnamese chopsticks
The cooperative always aims to improve designs and diversify packaging, in order to improve the quality and value of wooden chopsticks products by combining elements imbued with national cultural identity to serve tourists. domestically and internationally. The cooperative has succeeded in combining the image of a Vietnamese ao dai girl on chopsticks. This product has been enthusiastically received by tourists in Nha Trang, Da Nang, Hoi An, Mui Ne, and Phu Quoc. positive, reflected in the monthly product consumption of 30,000 chopsticks and thousands of broken spoons. Not only does it bring significant income to the cooperative, it also preserves and promotes national cultural identity. For high-quality products at high prices, the cooperative will pack them into wooden boxes or velvet boxes to enhance the value of the product and create an impression on customers. For cheap chopsticks products, the cooperative will package them in cork form to reduce product costs and increase competitiveness in the market.
Although the Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks brand has found a foothold in the domestic market, providing stable income, Mr. Le Thanh Trien always harbors the desire for his brand to reach out to the world, affirming itself in other markets. “difficult” like Korea and Japan. He said that last year, wooden chopsticks from Quang Thuy Cooperative were exported to Korea but had to go through an intermediary company. The number of exports is increasing, showing that Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks products are very popular with international friends.
Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks products are produced in a hygienic environment, without using toxic chemicals or dyes, meeting export standards. The cooperative is increasingly improving and upgrading machines to create high-end chopsticks products, always creating new products that suit consumer tastes. The cooperative specializes in supplying chopsticks to supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, domestic and foreign household goods distributors, and corporate gifts. And now the cooperative has succeeded in the technology of printing partners’ logos or information directly on the product line. Currently, domestic and foreign tourists coming to Quang Binh or Phong Nha Cave will easily buy products of the Cooperative with the words Phong Nha – Ke Bang cave – Viet Nam as souvenirs.
Secretary of Ba Don City Party Committee, Mr. Truong An Ninh shared: “The Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks cooperative of Mr. Le Thanh Trien is one of the successful startup models in recent times. The production facility of Quang Thuy wooden chopsticks cooperative has created jobs for many local people. This is also a model that the Town Party Committee highly appreciates and continues to accompany and support in the process of starting a business and establishing a business in the homeland.”
With the “segment” of high-end products meeting 4-star OCOP standards and the “popular” product set meeting 3-star OCOP standards, produced from local raw materials, it will be a “golden opportunity” for products to of the cooperative reaches far, not only in the domestic market but also aims to export strongly to other markets such as Korea, Japan, and the US.
From passion, dynamism, creativity, constantly exploring and learning new ways of doing things, in that poor village, young man Le Thanh Trien – nicknamed Trien “wooden chopsticks”, graduated from Quy Nhon University, Binh Duong. Dinh not only develops the economy for himself and his family, but also contributes to vocational training and job creation for people here, contributing to local socio-economic development.
Domestic and foreign customers who are interested please contact to buy products at the address of the Cooperative, Trung Thuy village, Quang Thuy commune, Ba Don town, Quang Binh province, or via phone number, zalo 0869136882 and 0352.536.536 , the cooperative’s website https://duaquangthuy.vn/
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