Just type the phrase “jam cau kieng” on the internet, users can find a series of posts for sale with prices ranging from 150,000 – 160,000 VND / kg. However, this item is not available often, lucky customers ask when it is there, they can buy it right away, or else they will have to wait. The areca fruit is picked to prepare the jam. Ms. Ngoc – an online seller of areca jam, said that this item depends a lot on the weather. “This kind of jam must be dried in the middle of the sun to achieve the best consistency and dryness. If the weather is wet, the jam must be dried in the oven, it will make them very hard, the flexibility will also be lessened, ”she said. Each time, she can only make a few kilograms of jam, so she is always in a shortage. She said: “I research on the internet so I know how to make this jam and sell it because I find it to be quite good. But as a small retailer, I do not have the wholesale quantity even though sometimes there are customers who contact me to buy wholesale ”. This fruit will be crushed to get the seeds inside. Also making areca jam for sale, Ms. Hoa said when she was first sold, many curious people ordered to try it. Most of them found it very strange and always texted asking: “Areca fruit can also be eaten?”, “How will you eat?” … “Many people ask a lot and I only know how to answer it by everyone should buy it to enjoy. Yet when I made the first batch of about 2kg of jam, I sold it all within 1 note. Customers just put a half a pound “, she said. Through many stages, the new ornamental areca nut can become a jam. Talking about how to make this jam, she said areca fruit must be selected, not all fruits can be done. The too old fruit will be hard on seeds, and when eaten, they will not be able to chew, while the young ones that are too young will be soft, pasty and not delicious. The best way is that the fruits that when cut in half will find that areca nut fits well, you can use your fingernails to try it, if it’s too hard, then remove it. The next stage will pick up each fruit, use a hard object like a pestle or hit a hard log to get the seeds of the areca tree. Then, bring these seeds soaked in water mixed with lemon and salt, wash 3-4 times. Then boil 3 times with salt and lemon water so that areca seeds are no longer acrid and white seeds, each 5-10 minutes. Continue, the maker will marinate with sugar, can use yellow sugar to color up will look better. After that, they will remove and cook the pot and simmer until it is thick, take it out and dry in the sun. Jam from this fruit ranges from 150,000 to 160,000 VND / kg. According to research, areca fruit is one of the medicines that can cure diabetes. Herbalist Hua Hien Quang (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) said he used ornamental areca fruit in combination with toad fruit to treat a patient with diabetes. Accordingly, the patient was combined with a low-protein, sugar-based diet and exercised regularly. Yet, for a while the disease can be completely cured.

Dan Tri newspaper reported, realizing that many people have a large amount of old and undressed clothes and need to be discarded, Ms. Hoang Hue (in Hanoi) poses the question of how to optimize the life cycle of a product. . “It was because of that thought that inspired me to create, revitalize old clothes into fashion products. I started experimenting with bags, wallets, backpacks, necklaces, and accessories from old materials. “- Ms. Hue said. Up to now, Ms. Hue has made more than 100 fashion products such as accessories, bags, wallets, … from old clothes. More than half of the items she brought to sale were sold at prices ranging from VND 250,000-750,000 / product. These beautiful bags are salvaged, made from old objects. (Photo: Dan Tri) There is a young man in Ho Chi Minh City who takes advantage of old and broken guitars to make unique products that are ordered by many customers. According to Dan Viet Newspaper, when seeing broken, unusable instruments thrown into the trash by many people, Do Hoang Thong felt sorry and thought of buying them to make bookshelves. greenery display shelves and music disc display racks, … Depending on the product’s decoration, he will sell at a price of 1.2-2 million dong. Patent watches, toys worth hundred million from old motorcycle carcasses Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh (SN 1986, currently owns a mechanical workshop in Ho Chi Minh City) said that on Zing, from 2018 until now, he has created decorative products such as watches, drinking tables, geckos. … with old car parts. His products range in sizes and designs, priced from 1 million VND to several hundred million VND. According to Mr. Tuan Anh, in Vietnam, very rare mechanical decor workshops like him. One month, he sells about 100 products of all kinds. Stone lotus garden with 200 unique species of 8X Dalat Dan Tri newspaper said, working in the real estate sector, but Le Ngoc Tam (32 years old, Da Lat) has a special passion for stone lotus. “The stone lotus brings a pure, elegant beauty like a lotus. In addition, the tree also means feng-shui is luck, prosperity for the owner.”, Mr. Tam said. The stone lotus garden of Mr. Tam. (Photo: Dan Tri) Mr. Tam has come up with the idea to plant and design a stone lotus garden with an area of ​​100m2 with many unique varieties. In Mr. Tam’s garden, there are 200 different types of stone lotus, such as: rubi lotus, lola lotus, king lotus, gray rose lotus, brown stone lotus, silver stone, white crane lotus, white chrysanthemum lotus, purple … have similarities from Vietnam, Korea and China. The stone lotus in the garden has many eye-catching and unique styles and colors. Unique giant crocodile bread in Ho Chi Minh City Bread loaf with a unique and funny shape of Mr. Phan Thanh Phuoc (37 years old) always attracts many young people in the area of ​​Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City. Mr. Phuoc mentioned above Zing, he has been working for about 20 years but has only been in love with animal bread for 6 years. Accumulating many years as a hired laborer, Mr. Phuoc has opened a small bakery for about 2 years by himself. Mr. Phuoc can shape more than 10 animal models such as dragons, spiders, turtles, crabs, … Each one has its own unique features, but the best-selling models are still crocodiles and horses. These are also the two most difficult pictures to do because they have to cut and graft the dough, it takes more effort. With animal-shaped bread, when finished, the cake will have a soft intestine, but other parts such as the legs and beard are always more crispy or easy to be hard if baked over the heat. The noodle dish has a unique name in Phu Quoc One of the dishes that visitors to Phu Quoc must try is the “stirring” vermicelli. This dish not only attracts customers because of its strange name but also its very own taste. Vermicelli “stirring” is a famous dish of Phu Quoc. (Photo: Dan Tri) Noodles “stirring” comes from Binh Dinh shrimp vermicelli. After many years, the dish was modified with the available ingredients on Ngoc Island and changed a little flavor to suit the regional culture. A bowl of vermicelli costs from 35,000-75,000 VND depending on size and composition. The bowl of vermicelli includes a boiled squid, fish ball, shrimp cake, chopped onions and fresh noodles. There are many different explanations of the strange name “stirring” bun. Many people say that this dish is named “stirring” because it must be eaten with dipping sauce including flour, monosodium glutamate, sugar, kumquat (kumquat), chili. The ingredients after being put into the bowl were stirred vigorously to compare. But according to the owner of the oldest and most crowded noodle shop in Phu Quoc, the restaurant is called “stirring” because when cooking, the chef is constantly stirring. Tree born “extremely poisonous”, decided not to sell Dan Tri newspaper said, at the exhibition, exhibiting ornamental creatures in the Central region – Central Highlands in 2021 took place in the city. Buon Ma Thuot (Dak Lak), a tree born with the name “Pride of Vietnam” has attracted attention to the world of bonsai players and many people because of its unique, strange and attractive beauty. Many artisans commented that the shape and posture of the tree were very beautiful and rare. The tree has a root circumference of 10m, 3.7m high and 6m long; with the distribution system of tree populations, creating a large triangular three-dimensional whole. The owner of the birth tree shares, this birth tree has many unique features such as: rock-hugging pedestal, beautiful tumor-humped trunk, harmonious, balanced and reasonable canopy. There were many people offering to own a tree, but he refused because he trot views the tree as his “soulmate”. Western men spend hundreds of millions raising ‘wild’ fish in the river Over the past 1 year, the wild pangasius flocking to Ong Chuong canal lived, Dinh Vu Tam (51 years old, in Long Kien commune, Cho Moi district, An Giang) nurtured and protected. The strange thing is that these thousands of fish live completely in the wild on Ong Chuong canal. Whenever he heard him, Tam took a tree to knock on the side of the ship, the fish swam back and emerged to eat like a “pet”. Thousands of fishes are very brave and live in the river behind Mr. Tam’s house. (Photo: Hoai Thanh) Mr. Tam said that he sees the fish as a pet, so during the past time he has never harmed them or caught fish for sale or meat. He also did not make a net to stop the fish, but let them swim freely in the river. In order for the fish to have a shelter and avoid other people coming to fish, Mr. Tam spends a boat permanently anchored in the river. He estimates the current fish population is about 15 tons. Small children about 1kg, the largest about 5kg. Because of the large quantity of fish, Mr. Tam spends about 800,000 VND per day to buy food for the fish to eat. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Bat degree bamboo, also known as the tree, is a wild tree, grown in abundance in the highlands and deltas. In the past, the people who planted bamboo were only used trees and the leaves were discarded. But in the past few years, fresh and dried bamboo leaves have become an export commodity, providing a positive income for the people. On the internet market and online sales groups, many small businesses openly buy bamboo leaves with unlimited quantity and the price is not cheap. They buy and sell to traders exporting to Taiwan for 10,000 VND / kg of fresh bamboo leaves and 40,000 VND / kg of dried bamboo leaves. Bamboo leaves are bought and exported to Taiwan Bamboo leaves are larger in size than normal bamboo leaves. They are cleaned by natural methods, do not use chemicals, so they are exported abroad to make cake wrapping materials, food packages … Banana leave In Vietnam, bananas are a popular plant, grown in rural areas. People often grow bananas for fruit or sell, while banana leaves and banana stalks are often discarded, if sold, it is also very cheap. The purchase price of a beautiful banana leaf is only 8,000-10,000 VND / kg (the price of a leaf that has left the leaf bones). Banana leaves are used to wrap traditional cakes such as banh chung, banh Tet, or spring rolls, sticky rice packages, … However, the number of banana leaves used for these things is quite modest. Recently, some units also buy beautiful banana leaves in the garden for 4,000 VND / kg for export to the US market. Banana leaves used for export must be those with 30cm wide width, unbroken leaves. And only banana leaves can be used and exported. Banana leaves are quite crunchy, so you must know how to choose the right age, pick them to dry in the sun just enough to wither so that the leaves are soft without losing the green color. Banana leaves have become an expensive commodity in Japan. In the rest, in most of the big banana growing areas in our country, when the branches are pruned, the banana leaves are harvested, farmers often have to cut the leaves to feed the cows and fish. Even if there is too much, they have to dry and burn the fields and gardens. Recently, the picture of a fresh banana leaf being sold on Amazon Japan for 2,280 yen, equivalent to nearly 500,000 VND, surprised many Vietnamese. If you buy more, the cheaper the price. Buy 3 leaves, the price is only about 760,000 VND and if you buy 5 banana leaves, the price is only 1,168,000 VND. However, this price is also extremely expensive. Lotus leaf In our country, lotus is a popular plant, grown in all regions from the North to the South. This plant not only gives beautiful flowers to tea and decorate, but lotus seeds and lotus roots are also exploited to make ingredients for attractive dishes. Dried lotus leaves can sell up to 400,000 VND / kg Notably, lotus leaf is also used to do many different things. In addition to wrapping sticky rice, wrapping rice … fresh lotus leaves, dried lotus are also used to make tea every day. In the market, 1kg of chopped fresh lotus leaves costs up to 70,000 VND, dried lotus leaves cost 110,000-200,000 VND / kg. There are even organic food stores that sell dried lotus leaves for up to 400,000 VND / kg. According to the shop owners, the reason why lotus leaves are quite expensive and are popular with women is because they have many effects in beauty, especially weight loss and treatment. Seeing the value of tea made from lotus leaves, Ngo Khanh Huy (39 years old, living TT.My An, H.Thap Muoi, Dong Thap) came up with a startup idea from his native lotus tree. According to Thanh Nien newspaper, the lotus leaf tea products of Mr. Huy have affirmed the brand, not only for domestic consumption but also to Thailand, Cambodia, China … “In the past, lotus leaves were almost empty. brings economic value, because farmers often just take flowers, mirrors and look. But for me, lotus leaf is a special ingredient to make tea with its own flavor, ”Huy said in this newspaper. In Phu Tho commune, Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province, seeing that selling lotus mirrors has low profits, many farmers have turned to growing lotus and selling fresh leaves to process lotus leaf tea, giving good income. Perilla leaves Perilla is a spice vegetable that is easy to grow, easy to buy in Vietnam, and even given away for free. If sold, perilla leaves are also very cheap, only from 1,000-2,000 VND a bunch. In addition to making seasoning leaves, perilla is also considered by many Vietnamese as a remedy for colds and flu. Perilla leaves exported to Japan cost 700 VND / leaf. However, a company in Bac Ninh grows perilla and exports to Japan for 700 VND / leaf, earning billions of VND per year. For the Japanese, perilla is an essential spice vegetable and is very important. This vegetable is used by the Japanese to reduce the fishy smell of seafood, is the most important ingredient of the umeboshi plum melon (a pickle dish very popular in Japanese cuisine) or is wrapped around sushi. In Japan, perilla leaves are not sold in bundles like in Vietnam, but sold by leaves. In addition to selling fresh leaves in supermarkets and markets, perilla leaves are dried and packed for domestic sale or abroad. Japanese online sites sell perilla vegetables with prices ranging from VND 107,000 to VND200,000 / pack. Lemon leaves Lemon leaves are very familiar to Vietnamese people, often used to sprinkle on boiled chicken as a condiment. Vietnamese people usually pay more attention to lemons than lemon leaves. Vietnamese farmers rarely consider lemon leaves as a source of income. In many places, lemon leaves are not sold or are sold at “as cheap as giving”. In the city market, lemon leaves are very cheap, only 1,000-2,000 VND / bundle. Lemon leaves sell for almost 7 USD / 1 oz on Amazon. In foreign countries, the price of lemon leaves is quite high. At the Amazon online store, lemon leaves are again for sale for about $ 7/1 oz, equivalent to 25g. Thus, 100g of lemon leaves cost about 28 USD (635,000 VND), 1kg will cost about 6.35 million VND. Lemon leaves are widely used in many Western dishes. Realizing huge profits from this ordinary leaf, from a few years ago, lemon leaves were collected by a number of companies with the quantity of tens of tons for export to the European market, earning millions of USD. Lemon leaves exported to the European market come in 2 forms, spices are packaged with galangal products, chili peppers and lemongrass. In the normal form, it only encapsulates the lime leaves into small bags and is completely frozen. Vietnamese lemon leaves are favored by the European market because they are more fragrant and richer than lemon leaves from other countries. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Products made from moau are both beautiful, unique and environmentally friendly, so they are very popular in foreign markets. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Earn hundreds of million dong per month from moau. Quang Ngai is famous for growing areca, areca fruit is considered a stable source of income for people. As for moau, which has only been burned or thrown away, now it has added new uses: Becoming input material to produce dishes, dishes, spoons … These days, Nguyen Van Tuyen (38 years old) and his friends at Dong Dinh industrial cluster (Nghia Hanh district, Quang Ngai province) are operating at full capacity. Within the past month, his facility has completed an order for 50,000 dishes, dishes, and rice trays for partners in Korea. Each piece is purchased for 1,000 VND to help growers have more income. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc The trailers after purchasing from the people are washed before being put into production. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc To have the success today, Mr. Tuyen and his friends have had to put in a lot of effort. As a native of Phu Yen, during a business trip in Quang Ngai, he noticed that this land planted a lot of areca. Normally, the burnt by people is very wasteful and not good for the environment. Through researching and seeing countries in the world creating products from moau, in Vietnam, I have not seen much so I decided to try it. By September 2019, Mr. Tuyen and his friends decided to invest in a production line for cups and plates from moau. Heat presses are used to create molds. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Each production machine has 5 molds to create 5 samples of different sizes and dishes with a capacity of 200 products / machine / day. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc “In the past, all of the areca trees fell in the garden, people burned or left, now they collect them and sell them to themselves. Each piece is purchased for 1,000 VND, helping the gardeners have more income, contributing to environmental protection and reduce waste “, Mr. Tuyen shared. In addition to generating income for areca growers, Tuyen’s facility also creates jobs for 6-10 workers with an income of 5-8 million VND per month. “The operation of the machine is quite simple, the job is quite light, but it brings quite a high income. The income per person is from 5 to 10 million VND per month. This income is much higher than farming or working as a job. the number of other jobs, “said Ms. Phan Thi Kieu, a long-time employee of a trailer production establishment. Products have formed. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc After passing the heat press, the products are exposed to UV sterilization. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Mr. Huynh Luu Tin – production manager shares, after buying, you must ensure whiteness, no mold. In the production process, the raw materials will be washed and dried, then put into the high-temperature press to create products such as cups, plates, spoons, rice trays … Mold shaped products with temperature From 80 degrees C to 120 degrees C, the trailer is pressed for 40 seconds to shape and dry. “The temperature is too high or too long will burn the product. After pressing the finished product, it will be disinfected by UV projector and then packed and sent for testing according to regulations before exporting. This is the product. environmental protection products, quite unique, so foreign markets are very popular “, Mr. Tin said, adding that the establishment’s revenue reached over 100 million per month and is continuing to increase. Products are made from trailers. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Currently, the facility has 5 presses, each with 5 molds with a capacity of 200 products / machine / day. Depending on customer requirements, the facility produces different types of injection molds. The price of each product ranges from 1,000 – 6,000 VND. Packaged products are exported to foreign markets. Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Mr. Pham Quoc Vuong, Head of the Economic and Infrastructure Division of Nghia Hanh District, Quang Ngai Province, said that Nguyen Van Tuyen’s production base of dishes and food containers is a new and promising direction. . Highly rated products, which can replace plastic items or made from less environmentally friendly materials. “In the coming time, the locality will create conditions for this facility to develop different types of products, develop production, and create more jobs for workers,” said Mr. Vuong.

Mr. Tran Van Hai from Lang Son said that for the past few years, his family specializes in purchasing, preliminarily processing and refining all kinds of cake wrapping. In the past, people only used bamboo to build their house, cook, firewood, make cakes, and discarded leaves. But in recent years, fresh bamboo leaves have been collected and purchased by many people and then sold to traders exported to Taiwan for 10,000 VND / kg of fresh bamboo leaves and 40,000 VND / kg of dried bamboo leaves. Bamboo leaves are bought and exported to Taiwan “I myself and my family never thought that bamboo leaves could be sold abroad. It is not until a contact to buy bamboo leaves to return to a traditional Taiwanese cake package that we know that bamboo leaves can be sold and exported abroad. From there, my family went to get bamboo leaves to sell. When the collection is not enough, hire more workers and advertise on the internet to buy bamboo leaves in other localities with any quantity ”, shared Mr. Hai. According to Mr. Hai, with fresh bamboo leaves, he buys for 7,000-10,000 VND / kg. As for dried bamboo leaves, he buys 35,000-40,000 VND / kg. All must be bamboo leaves (also known as bong). The purchased scales of bamboo leaves meet the quality criteria, the leaves must be big, not torn, still green in color and absolutely not yellowed. Each leaf is about 38-40cm long and 8cm wide. “Bamboo is very different from ordinary bamboo leaves. They are much larger in size. When purchased, fresh bamboo leaves will be sun dried for about 2 sun. Then, the leaves are counted and then clamped to the cork. At that time, we will dry it cleanly, bring the bamboo leaves to the oven to dry them and then sort them into bags, ”Mr. Hai said. The bamboo leaves are completely cleaned by natural methods, without chemicals, will be exported to Taiwan for cake wrapping materials, food packages … and are loved by the people of this country due to the taste. delicious and for a long time. “The kind of cake that Taiwan or is wrapped in bamboo leaves is like Vietnamese banh chung. However, due to being wrapped in bamboo leaves, the cake has a characteristic aroma. In addition, the wrapped cake from this leaf is easy to peel, leaves for a long time and not as fast as seaweed and banana leaves ”. From the end of April to October of the solar calendar every year is the autumn season to buy bamboo leaves. Therefore, many personal Facebook pages go to groups to sell and purchase fresh and dried bamboo leaves with unlimited quantity. There, the atmosphere was ruffled by many bamboo growers in places asking for the purchase price as well as the specifications for the collection and transportation of the fresh and dried bamboo leaves. For long-term business cooperation, all establishments that register to sell fresh and dried bamboo leaves, Mr. Hai, come to collect and check them. “I have to go down to the site to instruct the facilities that the individual collects bamboo leaves to ensure the leaves are not torn, beautiful green and especially big. On-site to view specific items once. Next time, they just do that, then I decide to buy, to avoid wasting time on both sides, ”he said. At present, in Yen Bai, Bac Giang, Thanh Hoa, Soc Son – Hanoi … there are many people growing bamboo and rattan. They just use the tree and the leaves leave it. Therefore, he came to guide the collection of leaves and now they become agents, helping his establishment to buy fresh, dried bamboo leaves up to a few quintals / day in the locality.