Woman develops fish sauce co-operative in Kiên Giang

Lê Thị Kim Thoa introduces her dried fish product. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Sen KIÊN GIANG — A woman in southern province Kiên Giang has successfully started her own business making dried fish and shrimps and fish sauce. Lê Thị Kim Thoa, a director of Hiểu Phát Agricultural Service Co-operative in Phong Đông Commune of Vĩnh Thuận District, believes her business contributes to the province's economy and creates jobs for local female labourers. Responding to the movement of starting a business launched by the Women's Union, Thoa decided to invest in processing dried shrimps and fish. From the outset, she could process about 150kg of shrimp and fish per day and earn a daily profit of more than VNĐ1 million (US$42). Initially, she just engaged in processing dried fish and shrimp but then expanded the business to shrimp paste and fish sauce production. Thoa said that although making dried fish and shrimps brought high profit, the pre-processing was tricky because the material for this stage was only salt. Though there were many fresh fish and shrimp during the rainy season, it was tough to make them dry, Thoa said. The preservation time was not long, and dried fish and shrimp were susceptible to mould due to insufficient sun… Read full this story

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