Thai Thuy, Vietnam: Developing seafood processing profession

Get rich from seafood processing As a person born in the coastal area, with the desire to get rich from the sea, in 2006, Ms. Ta Thi Hanh (Diem Dien town) established An Binh seafood processing facility. Each year the facility has an income of more than 3 billion VND, creating jobs for 30 - 40 seasonal workers with an income of 6 - 8 million VND/person/month, contributing to local socio-economic development. Ms. Hanh said: Initially, the production facility was small, with little investment capital, purchasing on average 5-7 tons of fresh fish, shrimp, jellyfish... every day; The main processed products are fish sauce, salted jellyfish, frozen fish... Currently, the facility has expanded the factory scale, invested in equipment and spacious processing locations. On average, each year the facility purchases, processes, and sells to the market more than 150 tons of jellyfish and 50 tons of shrimp and fish of all kinds. Seafood processing is a traditional profession in Diem Dien ...