Vietnam Women's Union has just supported the aforementioned amount to the Team of Linking-Women producing rice-paper in An My commune (Tuy An district) to invest the in paper-drying gantry; simultaneously supporting to design and print 8,750 labels of introducing the products to the market. This activity is under the Scheme of supporting women with vocational training and creating jobs for the period of 2010-2015. This amount is allocated to 19 member-households (VND5 million for each) by the Management Board of the Linking-Women's Group in An My commune in the form of free-interest loan to equip 19 paper-drying gantry. Under the working-regulations of the Team of Linking-Women producing rice-paper in An My commune, the group members will make loans from the Team's fund to invest in paper-drying gantry, then refunding VND 200,000 on a monthly basis until paying off the principal. This loan is offered by the Management Board to the other members for production development. Source: … [Read more...] about VND 95 million to develop the rice-paper producing craft in An My commune
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Rice paper cake drying device wins Holcim prize
Rice paper cake drying device wins Holcim prize Manh Tung By Manh Tung - The Saigon Times Daily A group of students from the University of Technology in Danang City won this year’s Holcim Prize for their device that uses heat from a kiln to dry banh trang (Vietnamese rice paper cake) last week. The device created by Nguyen Thi Ha and Dao Thi Phuong helps dry the paper cake and protect the environment by using less rice husk and sawdust for making finished paper cakes. The device targets residents at a paper cake making village in Dai Loc District of the central coast province of Quang Nam. Ha and Phuong got a cash prize of VND70 million and a fund of VND200 million to commercialize the device. Organized by Holcim Vietnam Limited, the Holcim Prize 2015 attracted 250 projects of students nationwide in the fields of community development, environmental protection and sustainable construction. Some noticeable projects included Can Tho University’s DIY automatic weaving … [Read more...] about Rice paper cake drying device wins Holcim prize
Vietnam rice paper gets US spotlight
Hanoi Times - The art of making "banh trang phoi suong" (dew aired rice paper), a local delicacy of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh in Vietnam, will soon be showcased on two popular US television channels. A US-based ZPZ Communication Co film crew shot on-location a family in Trang Bang town famous for making the specialty for three generations. The footage, to be shown on PBS and National Geographic channels to worldwide audiences, will feature Pham Van Su and his wife Nguyen Thi Dut, who have spent more than 30 years making rice paper. "It is a great pride for us farmers that the simple and home-made specialty will be known globally," the man of five children said. Born in Trang Bang to a family whose grandparents and parents were devoted to making rice paper, Su grew up to the crackling sounds of the paper drying up and getting crispy. At 10, young Su had self-mastered almost every phase in the rice paper-making process, such as mixing rice flour, coating, … [Read more...] about Vietnam rice paper gets US spotlight
Two rice paper producers in brand dispute
Thuan Phong Company, a manufacturer and exporter of Vietnamese rice paper, has filed a suit against Safoco Company because the latter had made products with a similar image to ship to America. Thuan Phong, whose trading name is Tufoco, based in My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, produces rice paper for export with a BAMBOO TREE brand, registered at the Intellectual Property Department of Vietnam. It has registered this brand in the US market and other foreign markets. Not long ago, Tufoco found a kind of Vietnamese rice paper in the US with a similar image of bamboo. The product is made by Ho Chi Minh City-based Safoco. The Safoco label also includes three bamboo trees like the Tufoco label. Instead of BAMBOO TREE, Safoco prints BUI TRE, which means cluster of bamboo. However, the image is similar, also bamboo trees. Tufoco chairman Pham Van Tu said, "We don't understand why such a big company as Safoco makes copycat goods. This violates the Intellectual Property Law and is a … [Read more...] about Two rice paper producers in brand dispute
The rice paper frenzy
"So hot! I'm out of breath. I agreed to go as she said I'd only have to wait ten minutes, I didn't know it'd take so long, as some customers before me bought as many as ten bags." It's 5 p.m. and vehicles have started to throw themselves into the streets after office hours, just when this rice paper snack shop on Nguyen Thuong Hien Street runs into its full business every day. The short and narrow street in Ho Chi Minh City's downtown, which has always been known as a snail shop street, has recently caught up with the new snack fad of rice paper stripes plus almost everything from dry beef and squid to boiled quail eggs, mango stripes, aromatic leaves, fried peanuts, lime juice, and some special sauces, all wrapped up in a plastic bag. Despite the supply, most customers are pulled into one shop run by Uncle Vien (Chu Vien), his wife and his daughter. Dozens of motorbikes pulled up on the roadway around his cart in an evening in early April, waiting for their takeaways, not to … [Read more...] about The rice paper frenzy