Uniquely in Vietnam: Separating discarded pandan leaves and weaving into fashion items

Looking at the huge amount of pineapple leaves being discarded, a guy has researched how to separate the pandan leaves into yarn as textile material. A teacher turned the rugged granite slabs into unique and vivid pictures.
Turn pineapple leaves into yarn for sewing fashion

According to Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Newspaper, in the hope of increasing the value of pineapple trees, reducing the environmental pollution load after each harvest, Mr. Nguyen Van Hanh (31 years old, in Tan Thang commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe province An) decided to quit his job as a ship captain with a salary of 30 million VND / month to go back to his hometown to grow pineapple (pineapple, pineapple). Anh Hanh and pineapple fibers are separated from pandan leaves (Photo: Women in HCMC) “The machine includes a system of knives inside, which helps to break the meat, keeping the leaf silk. This machine can squeeze 2-3 tons of pineapple leaves / day. After that, silk is soaked in pineapple vinegar, dried, spliced, spun … Many manufacturers of bags and fashion products have ordered this yarn, “said Hanh. Unique painting costing silver million from utopian material Dan Viet newspaper said, who is an art enthusiast, but living with painting teacher Nguyen Hoang Nam (Chau Phu district, An Giang province) is “non-believer”. But with his natural ability, Mr. Nam has turned the rugged granite slabs into unique and vivid stone paintings. Currently, Mr. Nam has over 150 stone paintings of all types: portraits, landscapes, word paintings … These stone paintings bear bold beauty of the Southern countryside. Each stone painting costs from several million to several tens of million dong. The Hanoi farmer raises a tiny fish in a scrap bottle Mr. Tran Ngoc Thang, (55 years old, residing in Ngoc Ha ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi), has more than 20 years working with fighting fish farming. In particular, Mr. Thang took advantage of thousands of discarded bottles and jars to raise fish. Fighting fish in a bottle (Photo: Dan Viet) “When starting to raise this fish, many people think that I am crazy because more than 100m2 of land in the middle of Ba Dinh district, just renting can make enough money to feed the whole family, I need to work hard.” Mr. Thang confided in Dan Viet Mr. Thang has a passion for aquarium fish since he was a child. Growing up, he bought a variety of fish to raise. Seeing that the breeder fish were mainly imported from the South or Thailand at an expensive price, he discussed with his wife to build an aquarium farm. A series of guppies and fighters were propagated by Mr. Thang and supplied to the market. Mr. Thang has an income of hundreds of millions VND per year from raising ornamental fish. The largest collection of money in Vietnam by a giant Saigon From a young age, seeing his father every day preserving ancient coins such as Thai Binh Hung Bao, Dai Dinh, Hong Duc, … Mr. Huynh Minh Hiep (Ho Chi Minh City) has a special passion for collecting antiquity range. After nearly 30 years of collection, Mr. Hiep owns nearly 20 types of monolithic coins dating from the 1st to the 19th century. This is a coin collection with many historical values ​​and cultural imprints of Vietnam. through the period. Anh Hiep also has more than 10,000 ancient coins. According to Mr. Hiep, the ancient money is often buried in jars and jars for a long time, so they often stick together to form large, hard rock and often have strange shapes. In addition to coins and coins, Hiep also collects paper coins. Up to now, Mr. Hiep has a collection of coins from 218 countries and a collection of banknotes from 222 countries around the world. In 2005, Mr. Hiep set a record as having the most money collection from countries in the world in Vietnam. According to Dan Viet newspaper, Hiep also owns many valuable items on display in a coffee shop of more than 1,000 square meters. This is also the place to receive the record “The place where exhibits recreated old Saigon (period before 1975) with the most number of exhibits are displayed”. Collection of rare and precious coins of 9X Ha Thanh Phung Van Hung (Hung Ba, SN 1990, living in Hanoi) is a quite famous name on Tiktok because of the work of valuing ancient coins. The clips of these 9X’s unique notes attracted millions of views. Hung’s collection of ancient coins “King of money” shared on Enterprise and Marketing, he started collecting coins while sitting on the university lecture hall. After 11 years, he has a collection of up to about 1 million sheets, prints the picture of King Bao Dai, the mascot of the year or a unique set of feng shui coins. Currently, he is also changing business, valuing beautiful currencies, with a beautiful serial number that attracts attention. According to Hung, the valuation of ancient coins does not have any specific regulations, but can be based on their preciousness, rarity, origin or status. Many people want to buy back some of the rare money he owns, but he refuses. The coin with the “huge” serial number and the most expensive price I ever sold was the $ 100 note, the eighth quarter series. He exchanged this note for a Honda SH car. The smart home from the garbage can be removed and assembled like a lego game Dan Viet newspaper said, after 22 years of research, Mr. Phan Trong Hoan (Ben Luc district, Long An) has successfully designed a house made entirely from rice husks and plastic waste, 64m2 wide. After more than 7 years of going into use this house is still intact paint color, not waterproof, degraded. Currently, Mr. Hoan has 10 houses made of plastic waste, present in many provinces and cities across the country. In particular, there is a house located right in the earthquake but still standing, not affected. Notably, houses made from rice husks and plastic waste can be removed, moved to a different location for assembly, or recyclable. “No need for reinforcement, no mortar, no foundation, the house is assembled according to pre-designed edges and can be removed to go anywhere,” said Mr. Hoan. After the first house made of rice husks and plastic waste was completed in 2013, the NOIP granted a utility solution patent for this unique process by Mr. Hoan. Strange lotus species can “piggyback” adults in Dong Thap Possessing a simple architecture, not superficial, but Phuoc Kien Pagoda still attracts a large number of visitors to visit thanks to a strange lotus garden with “huge” foliage, “carrying” the whole person weighing 100kg. Giant lotus leaves are “carried” by adults (Photo: Nguyen Tung Viet / Dan Tri). This giant lotus species is a rare plant native to the Amazon region, South America. They appear in the pond at Phuoc Kien pagoda since 1992. Due to the soil here, this lotus variety is growing very well. Large, thick lotus leaves. In particular, this lotus variety can change its leaf size astonishingly depending on the water season. In the dry season, the lotus leaves are only about 1-1.5m. In the flooding season, the leaves are flooded, so they grow more, reaching 2.5m in diameter. There are individual trees, leaves up to 3m wide. The edge of the lotus leaf is 3-5cm higher than the water surface, and its shape resembles a sports hat. Thanks to its large size, this lotus species can “carry” an adult weighing about 70-80kg but only lightly scratch the water surface. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)