A rice cake production facility in An Vien commune

According to the experience of long-time professionals, to have a standard batch of rice paper, one must go through many stages, of which the stages of choosing flour and mixing dough are considered the most decisive and important stages. Producers actively import rice flour from reputable and reliable addresses. To make the product delicious, crispy, and chewy, rice paper must be dried in the sun for 2 days and then packaged before being sold to the market. The commune's banh da products have two main types: vermicelli banh dau and pho banh da. On average, every day a household makes multi-processed cakes from 3 to 5 quintals of rice. 1 quintal of rice yields a finished product of about 90kg of dry cakes, which are sold for 15,000 to 20,000 VND/kg. To preserve the local traditional profession, households currently practicing the profession are aware of ensuring hygiene and food safety during the processing stage, and maintaining hygiene around the baking area. Previously, all stages of rice paper production in An Vien were done manually, but in recent years, most stages have been using machines such as dough mixers, fiber cutting machines..., so workers It is also less difficult, product quality is guaranteed to suit consumer tastes.

 

Each working household usually has 3 to 5 people who specialize in delivering rice to make cakes and receiving cakes for retail or wholesale to markets and stores. In addition to traders coming to place orders, local people also bring banh da to wholesale, retail at agents or retail vendors inside and outside the province. During leisure time, when approaching Tet, craft households focus on strong production. Many people here always consider this profession as an effective livelihood for long-term commitment. Mr. Tran Van Tu, Noi Thuong village said: My family has been making banh da for nearly 30 years. Normally every year, from the 8th lunar month to the Lunar New Year, the number of orders increases sharply compared to other times of the year. However, unlike other products, rice paper production depends heavily on weather factors, so it is difficult for craft households to proactively control the amount of rice paper produced each day. Taking advantage of the favorable weather, my family has increased the amount of rice paper we make to meet customer demand.

 

In order to create conditions for people to develop traditional occupations, recently, the commune coordinated with associations and unions to create conditions to support 10 households with loans to invest in equipment for production. Ms. Do Thi Thom, one of the largest households producing rice paper in Noi Mai village shared: Starting a business with capital difficulties, in 2000, I was supported by the An Vien Commune Farmers' Association to borrow capital from The fund supports farmers with an amount of 20 million VND to develop their profession. Currently, on average every day, my family produces 5 to 7 quintals of cakes.

 

However, in the past few years, rice paper production in An Vien commune has encountered some difficulties such as: Production scale is still small and fragmented, investment capital to expand production and business is limited. , the product does not have a trademark, the product quality is not uniform...

 

In the coming time, An Vien commune will continue to propagate and remind craft households to pay attention to hygiene and food safety during the processing process; Encourage and support production households to participate in the One Commune One Product Program, gradually promoting production development and improving competitiveness; Mobilize people to apply science - engineering and new technology to production and improve product quality; Guide and support craft households to proactively establish cooperatives and cooperative groups to link product processing and consumption, and develop commodity-oriented products...