Long Dinh mat weaving craft offers jobs for locals

Long Dinh village is a famous hub of mat weaving craft itself in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, with 97 households and 417 workers practicing the craft (Photo: VNA)

Long Dinh village has a history of 60 years in mat weaving craft that originated from migrants in Kim Son village, a well-known mat weaving village in the northern province of Ninh Binh (Photo: VNA)

Each employee who can weave 4 to 5 pairs of mats a day can earn tens of thousands of VND per day, making their monthly income amount to 500 – 700 USD (Photo: VNA)

Now many households own weaving machines that help increase the production and quality of the products (Photo: VNA)

The mat’s high quality makes them popular domestically, and they are also exported to markets worldwide including the Republic of Korea, Japan and the US (Photo: VNA)