Since its establishment, the Chieng Chau brocade weaving cooperative in Mai Chau district has gathered many members, helping to share experience in the traditional craft and enhance weaving skills among local women, helping to build a brand for the cooperative's products.
joining the Chieng Chau brocade weaving cooperative helps Lo Thi Chanh in Chieng Chau commune have a stable income.
When she was 13 years old, Lo Thi Chanh in Chieng Chau hamlet, Chieng Chau commune, knew how to weave brocade. After getting married, in addition to farming, she did weaving at home and sold her products to private traders. This craft helps her earn an additional 2 million VND (nearly 79 USD) per month. However, her products did not have a brand name, so their value is not high. joining the cooperative, Chanh learned many more skills from others, and her products have a brand name and are known by more and more customers.
Vi Thi Oanh, Deputy Director of the Chieng Chau brocade weaving cooperative, said it has 21 official members and 40 unofficial members who participate in production when there are orders. This craft is suitable for women in mountainous areas during the agricultural off-season.
To expand and diversify income sources, the cooperative has planted mulberry trees and breeding silkworms to serve tourists, she said, adding that the cooperative aims to design many new products that align with consumers’ demand and bring them to domestic and international markets.
Not only producing based on orders, the Hoa Ban cooperative in Lac village, Chieng Chau commune, has also created its own designed products and operated a traditional craft store.
Vi Thi Thuan, Director of the Hoa Ban cooperative, said since its establishment, it has provided regular employment for local women.
Despite being newly established, the cooperative has 17 members and 8 affiliated households, Thuan said, noting that it has continued to diversify products to meet customers’ demand and increase incomes for its members.
For many years, the Luong Phu Agricultural Services Cooperative in Phong Phu commune of Tan Lac district has still persevered with handicrafts. It has also received numerous orders from abroad, ensuring regular jobs for its members.
Bui Thi Quynh in Muong Lo hamlet said after joining the cooperative, she earns from 5-6 million VND per month.
According to Director of the cooperative Nguyen Thi Bay, the establishment creates jobs for 600 workers, with 90% of them being ethnic minority people.
In the coming time, the cooperative will continue to link with units to seek more orders, helping its members have more jobs and increase their income, she added.
Phong Phu commune, Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province, is widely regarded as the cultural heartland of the Muong ethnic group. Among its many traditional communities, Luy Ai hamlet (formerly Ai hamlet) stands out as a rare location where the customs and way of life of the Muong Bi people remain largely intact.
The Truong Kha temple festival, a distinctive cultural event held every three years in Vu Ban township, Lac Son district, returned recently with vibrant rituals and folk traditions of the Muong people. Located next to the Buoi River in the Muong Trao fields, the Truong Kha Temple is dedicated to the three Kun Dol deities, revered for teaching farming techniques, irrigation, weaving, and protecting the harvest.
The demand for spaces serving community activities of residents in various areas across Hoa Binh city has been satisfied as local cultural houses now feature modern, spacious facilities thanks to the effective implementation of Resolution No. 49/NQ-HDND issued on December 28, 2021 by the city People's Council, which approved the plan for reorganising, converting, and allocating land for the construction, repair, and expansion of cultural houses in Hoa Binh’s villages and residential areas until 2025.
At the end of May, the Hoa Binh Provincial Ethnic Arts Troupe organized a series of performances for residents in Region 2 and Region 3 communes across the province. Bringing art to ethnic communities in remote, isolated, and especially disadvantaged areas has become a meaningful activity. These are not merely artistic performances but also journeys to disseminate cultural values, enrich spiritual life, and contribute to preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minorities.
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