Thua Thien Hue: "Double" benefits from highland markets

Nam Dong Market maintains 2 sessions/month

Nam Dong Market was first held at the end of March 2023, at the Nam Dong District Cultural Center (Thua Thien Hue). With a scale of 15 areas, booths from 50 local businesses and establishments including: OCOP product display area; Ethnic minority cuisine sales area; Agricultural products and local specialties sales area; Beverage and snack sales area...

The first time it was held, Nam Dong market ended with many good impressions in the hearts of locals and tourists. Especially, for ethnic minorities in Nam Dong district, the market became a place to sell their products and commodities to increase their income.

For tourists, coming to the market is an opportunity to experience the unique cultural features of the ethnic minorities in the area. At the same time, visitors also have the opportunity to choose products and products with the strong flavor of the mountains and forests grown and produced by the Bru Van Kieu, Ta Oi...

Mr. Phan Ngoc Tho - Standing Deputy Secretary of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee talked with people at the highland market.

After the success of the first organization, Nam Dong market is maintained twice a month on Sundays in the middle and last weeks of the month. Now, Nam Dong market has become a meeting place for ethnic minorities in the district and tourists from all over. At the same time, it has become a channel for consuming agricultural products and handicrafts of local people. Thereby, contributing to forming the habit of producing goods to increase income and improve the lives of ethnic minorities themselves.

Ms. Ho Thi Huong, in Huong Phu commune, Nam Dong district, Thua Thien Hue province, regularly attends the market to sell vegetables grown by her family. Previously, she only grew vegetables for food, but now her family takes better care of the vegetable garden to meet the harvest cycle twice a month. Since then, her family has had more income to take care of her children's education...

Grilled chicken of the Bru Van Kieu people is selling very well at Nam Dong market.

Ms. Ho Thi Huong shared: “I sell all kinds of vegetables… in season. I sell whatever vegetables, tubers, and fruits I can grow. There are more customers at the market, so the local agricultural products can all be sold.

At Nam Dong market, the main items for sale are agricultural products produced by ethnic minorities such as vegetables, dwarf bananas, chicken eggs, etc. Handicrafts produced by ethnic minorities such as traditional Zeng woven brocade, leaf-fermented wine, cakes, etc. Traditional dishes of ethnic minorities such as bamboo-tube rice, grilled stream fish, local pigs, local chickens, wild vegetables, etc. are all popular items among tourists.

Mr. Nguyen Thai Ha, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Nam Dong District (Thua Thien Hue) said that the goal of the Nam Dong market is to connect and consume agricultural products and specialties of ethnic minorities in the area. From there, forming a large-scale production, a scale of goods in the highland villages to create more livelihoods and increase income for people. At the same time, the market is also a highlight for the development of the tourism industry, especially tourism in ethnic minority areas.

A Luoi Market has also become a very effective channel for promoting and consuming agricultural products and products of ethnic minorities.

Like Nam Dong market, A Luoi market is held on the last weekend of every month. In addition to agricultural products, goods at A Luoi market also include relatively expensive items such as green lim mushrooms, brocade, wild honey, etc. All of these items are produced by ethnic minorities. Not only locals but also tourists coming to A Luoi want to go to the market to buy products of the mountains and forests.

Ms. Ho Thi Minh, a vendor at the A Luoi highland market, said: Since selling at the market, she has had many more regular customers. When the market is not open, she starts making many orders to ship to all parts of the country, of which smoked pork, buffalo, and beef are the most popular. In addition to the smoked meat specialty, she also sells charcoal sticky rice, Ra Du rice, and ginseng wine made by the people.

Many specialties of ethnic minorities are sold at the first highland market in Hue City (Thua Thien Hue).

From the practical effectiveness of the Nam Dong and A Luoi highland markets, to continue expanding the output for agricultural products and handicrafts of ethnic minority areas. Typically, from July 27 to 29, 2024, the Farmers' Association of Thua Thien Hue province also organized the first highland market in Hue City (Thua Thien Hue). The market aims to help farmer members who are ethnic minorities connect to consume typical agricultural products, handicrafts, local specialties, and OCOP products.

The market is arranged with reasonable booths, convenient for people to visit, buy and sell OCOP products, agricultural products, handicrafts, cuisine, and introduce traditional occupations of local ethnic minorities in the province.

In the past, the local people's markets were often spontaneous, with people gathering in large areas to exchange goods and socialize; now, the local authorities and related units organize the markets systematically, with large scale in terms of space and location, convenient for people to sell goods, and many places have become attractive destinations for tourists when coming to the highlands.

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Source: https://baodantoc.vn/thua-thien-hue-loi-ich-kep-tu-cho-phien-vung-cao-1726219452493.htm