Trieu Khuc Village is famous for its traditional craft of weaving. It has now become one of the craft villages taking the lead in shifting to production on an industrial scale with a focus on garment auxiliaries.
Since the 18th century, Trieu Khuc Village was known as a leading producer and provider of silk products and clothing accessories for making traditional costumes of women in the North, such as belts and silk fans, which are now no longer popular or only used during ceremonies in traditional festivals. Yet, the craft is not inclined but strongly develops.
Seeing the drastic changes in fashion trends and wanting to meet the demand of Vietnam’s garment and textile sectors, the villagers in Trieu Khuc started producing garment auxiliary materials instead of traditional products on an industrial scale.
With the guidance of Nguyen Minh Tam, Vice Chairman of Tan Trieu Commune People’s Committee, we visited the weaving workshop of Trung Dung Trade and Production Company, the largest of its kind in this commune. According to Trieu Khac Thuy, Director of the company, the workshop covers 1,800m2 and is equipped with 30 weaving machines and 25 thread making machines which are worth nearly 30 billion dong. The workshop provides regular work for 150 employees in the commune and neighbouring areas, each earning from 6-8 million dong/month. The workshop mainly produces cloth materials, such as thread of different types, elastic bands and strings and decorative accessories for garments. 70% of the products are exported to the US while the rest is used in Vietnam’s leading garment and textile groups, including May 10, Duc Giang Garment Company and Thai Nguyen Garment Company.
During its first days, the products of Trung Dung Company and others in the commune were only sold to small garment companies in the domestic market. However, thanks to the application of advanced technology and the improvement in quality and designs, their products have gradually gained prestige from leading garment and textile groups in the country and some partners abroad.
The development of companies which specialise in producing garment auxiliary materials not only help Vietnam’s garment and textile groups reduce their imports of cloth materials but also improve the competiveness of Vietnam’s textile and garment sector in the market, added Thuy.
Regarding orientation for the development of the company, Thuy said that the company has a plan to expand the production area to about 5,000-7,000m2 to develop its fibre spinning plant and train a staff of professional employees. All of this aims at creating the competitive strength for the company when Vietnam completely integrates itself into the world market by 2020.
According to the commune’s statistics, there are also others like Trung Dung Company and many companies of smaller scales in the industrial zone in Trieu Khuc Commune which are operating effectively, making a contribution to developing the traditional craft and improving the locals’ living stands.
Seeing the drastic changes in fashion trends and wanting to meet the demand of Vietnam’s garment and textile sectors, the villagers in Trieu Khuc started producing garment auxiliary materials instead of traditional products on an industrial scale.
With the guidance of Nguyen Minh Tam, Vice Chairman of Tan Trieu Commune People’s Committee, we visited the weaving workshop of Trung Dung Trade and Production Company, the largest of its kind in this commune. According to Trieu Khac Thuy, Director of the company, the workshop covers 1,800m2 and is equipped with 30 weaving machines and 25 thread making machines which are worth nearly 30 billion dong. The workshop provides regular work for 150 employees in the commune and neighbouring areas, each earning from 6-8 million dong/month. The workshop mainly produces cloth materials, such as thread of different types, elastic bands and strings and decorative accessories for garments. 70% of the products are exported to the US while the rest is used in Vietnam’s leading garment and textile groups, including May 10, Duc Giang Garment Company and Thai Nguyen Garment Company.
 Trung Dung Company is one of the most successful family businesses in Trieu Khuc (Thanh Tri, Hanoi). Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  Trieu Khuc Village takes the lead in the country in shifting to production on an industrial scale with a focus on garment auxiliaries.  Many workshops in the village invest in advanced production lines. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  Worshops invest in modern and automatic machines. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  Part of the Trung Dung Company’s thread making workshop. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  70% products ofTrung Dung Company'are exported to the US while the rest is used in Vietnam’s leading garment and textile groups,including May 10, Duc Giang Garment Company and Thai Nguyen Garment Company. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  Trung Dung Company has now 20 thread making machines, each worth about one billion dong. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  Workers running the elastic band weaving machines at Trung Dung Trade and Production Company’s workshop. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  Checking thread products at Trung Dung Company’s workshop. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP  Thread produced by Trung Dung Company. Photo: Viet Cuong/VNP |
During its first days, the products of Trung Dung Company and others in the commune were only sold to small garment companies in the domestic market. However, thanks to the application of advanced technology and the improvement in quality and designs, their products have gradually gained prestige from leading garment and textile groups in the country and some partners abroad.
The development of companies which specialise in producing garment auxiliary materials not only help Vietnam’s garment and textile groups reduce their imports of cloth materials but also improve the competiveness of Vietnam’s textile and garment sector in the market, added Thuy.
Regarding orientation for the development of the company, Thuy said that the company has a plan to expand the production area to about 5,000-7,000m2 to develop its fibre spinning plant and train a staff of professional employees. All of this aims at creating the competitive strength for the company when Vietnam completely integrates itself into the world market by 2020.
According to the commune’s statistics, there are also others like Trung Dung Company and many companies of smaller scales in the industrial zone in Trieu Khuc Commune which are operating effectively, making a contribution to developing the traditional craft and improving the locals’ living stands.
Story: Thao Vy - Photos: Viet Cuong
