The small traders who use cars to sell sticky rice at locations far from Hanoi's inner city are mostly from Phu Thuong craft village (Tay Ho district).
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Phu Thuong Village (Hanoi) has long been famous for its traditional sticky rice making, with many varieties such as sweet sticky rice, sticky rice with mung bean paste, sticky rice with gac fruit, five-color sticky rice... From 2am every day, families practicing this profession wake up to work. |
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In recent years, using an electric pot can cook up to half a quintal of rice, sticky rice is cooked evenly and more productive than the old method of steaming sticky rice. |
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At 4:30 a.m., at Phu Thuong sticky rice village, many people start bringing sticky rice to the selling point. The distance is short, the main means of transportation is motorbike. |
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For longer distances, some households choose to go by car. Mr. Truong Son, a resident of Phu Thuong village, said that where he lives, dozens of households have used cars to sell sticky rice for many years. |
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Having bought a 7-seater car worth about 700 million VND for 2 years now, every day Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong's family wakes up early, loading the car with stuff until the trunk is full. Ms. Huong said that her family has a 3-generation tradition of doing this job. Her mother-in-law sells sticky rice. Later, she continued the tradition and now her son, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law join in. "At 4:30 a.m., my whole family sets off, 50kg of sticky rice is divided into 4 baskets, each person goes in a different direction. I go to sell in Kim Ma, the rest go all the way to Soc Son, and some go to Bac Ninh." |
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Because they had to leave early and carry bulky goods, the family of four who sold sticky rice decided to borrow money from the bank, along with their savings of a decade, to buy a car for safe travel. |
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Also owning a car, Cong Manh Cuong (34 years old) and other family members have to wake up at 2am to make goods. Each person has a job from making sticky rice, braising meat, making beans... to start selling at 5am. "Known on social networks for the image of driving a car to sell sticky rice, but not everyone understands the reason behind it," said Cuong. |
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The reason why the sticky rice sellers decided to buy cars is because previously traveling by motorbike was too difficult and dangerous. |
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"My wife has been selling sticky rice at the market for nearly ten years now. Once, while riding a motorbike, she was unfortunately involved in an accident and was injured. That's why the family bought a used car to travel every day for peace of mind," said Mr. Cuong. |
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In the morning, he took his wife to the familiar selling point at the foot of Dong Tru bridge, then he went around Chuong Duong bridge to his selling point. It turns out that every day, Mr. Cuong has to travel about 50km. |
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At 6am, when Ms. Bach Hai Yen's (Mr. Cuong's wife) sticky rice stall had just started to open, many people came to buy. |
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A portion of sticky rice costs an average of 10,000-20,000 VND, and is made by a woman with nearly ten years of experience in just a few dozen seconds. Ms. Do My Thinh (Dong Anh, Hanoi) is a loyal customer who loves eating sticky rice with xeo, saying: "In addition to breakfast, when my family has a party, I also come here to buy sticky rice. Phu Thuong sticky rice, even when it cools, still retains its softness and aroma." |
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Loan, President of Phu Thuong Craft Village Association, in recent years, the number of people cooking sticky rice to sell in the village has increased, including many young people, from the 9X generation. On average, each worker has a stable income of about 300,000 VND/day. There are also people with higher incomes from making feasts, but not many.
The cases of people using cars to sell sticky rice in the village originate from the desire to sell further, to neighboring provinces. However, to buy cars to travel, many families also have to borrow from banks and save for many years.
Original link: https://vietnamnet.vn/phia-sau-chuyen-nguoi-dan-phu-thuong-lai-xe-hop-ban-xoi-via-he-2264570.html
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