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Overview:
Bamboo and rattan products:
History:
Production status, production model:
Phu Vinh bamboo and rattan craft village not only meets the needs of domestic products but also reaches the fastidious markets in the world. Exports to China, Japan and some European countries account for 60% of the total product, and 40% of the domestic product.
Processing technique:
Consists of 2 stages: drying and splitting rattan. The rattan is split into thin spokes, the worker will depend on each product to choose a separate way to split the spokes. The spokes are polished to be more glossy and smooth; then they are dried, soaked in water, dried again so that rattan fibers have high plasticity.
In order to produce a product, it must go through many steps, from selecting and purchasing, processing raw materials, to manufacturing products. Purchased raw materials are re-dried. Then put it in a chemical bath for about 10 days to fight termites. Then take out the bamboo to grind, scrape the bark, use armor paper to polish and dry the bamboo.
The next stage is to put the bamboo in the oven, use straw, straw or bamboo leaves to smelt the color, the product is brown or dark brown, at the request of the customer. After smelting to get the color, take the bamboo out of the oven to cool and then straighten it. Entering the packing stage, the craftsmen choose materials to cut out the items to match the products being born. The color of the product has many types, which can be from the original color of rattan or supported through the preparation of PU paint.
Sampling is the first stage of rattan processing. The rattan tree, whether long or short, only cuts every 3m, straighten the rattan and then pull the knot. Chopping rattan is an elaborate job, requiring quite high skills. Rattan trees often have uneven nodes, so when splitting, it is necessary to pay attention to carefully control so that the large and small parts are equal. The main requirement of rattan splitting is that the fibers of each type must be very even. Large yarn for knitting normal products. Microfiber is used to make precious items, or to create sophisticated flowers… Our technique of splitting bamboo and rattan fibers is a precious creation. Depending on the big and small bamboo and rattan trees, the decision to split is even or odd. To make one size rattan, if you split the small rattan into quarters or six, then split the larger one into seven or nine strands.
After splitting, the spokes are polished to have smooth, flat rattan fibers, then dried in the sun to dry, so that the water in the rattan fibers escapes. In order for the product to have a variety of colors, after drying, the rattan fibers will be dipped into pots of chopped shiitake leaves that have been boiled. This is a completely natural, chemical-free way of coloring that makes Phu Vinh's bamboo and rattan products not harmful to users' health and has a high color fastness of 30-40 years.
Traditional product:
In the past, Phu Vinh rattan and bamboo products were mainly produced to serve daily life such as: baskets, gradually, sieves, bags, boxes… Nowadays, the village has many designs and types that require technical skills. such as portraits, landscapes, parallel sentences, birds and animals or ceramic products wrapped in rattan, interior decorations such as lampshades, curtains…
Modern products:
Rattan and bamboo are not only flexible and easy to shape, but also very durable, according to artisan Hoang Van Hanh, bamboo and rattan products can be kept longer than human life if they know how to keep the product's lifespan. He also said that: Rattan and bamboo are not only applied materials in decoration, furniture, fashion, life items, … but also can be used in the design of residential buildings.
Booking center:
Day Inclusions: Private A/C transfer, English-speaking tour guide in Hanoi, lunch, entrance fee, hotel in Hanoi
Day Inclusions: Car/Mini-Van, Outstanding English speaking guide, Lunch – Vietnamese Cuisine at Tam Coc Nature Eco Lodge, All sightseeing tickets, Good bike with gears, 02 bottles of Mineral water, Services charges and government tax, Rowing boat to visit Tam Coc, One conical hat as souvenir, Demonstration of teaching to learn how to write, speak Vietnamese, and catch fish
Day Inclusions: Hotel breakfast, shuttle bus A/C transfer, English speaking tour guide on CRUISE only, entrance fee, full board, joint Cruise in Halong bay with private cabin (2 persons share 1 cabin)
What's included in this trip :
We went on a private trip to Vietnam and Cambodia, the whole trip plan was organized for us by the Impress Travel Company from Vietnam, the company did an amazing job, the whole trip was organized in a wonderful way with an amazing match between the various parties, their choices were correct and the quality of the hotels chosen were very high quality and it is important to note that the price was low in comparison To other agencies, thanks to Impress Travel and especially to Daniel who was tolerant and open to changes and organized the route for us.
Impress travel were amazing. Did my bookings with Daniel for our tour of Vietnam and I must say Daniel was very professional and prompt with his services. All the arrangement, plans, pick-up & drop-off services, hotels, vehicles, sightseeing tours and guides were spot on and excellent. Did 4 nights Hanoi, 1 night Hà Long Bay cruise, 3 nights Hoian, 4 nights Saigon and 1 night in Can Tho. It was totally awesome. Every part of the journey was superbly arranged and planned. I will highly recommend Impress Travel for anyone interested in visiting Vietnam. Very organized and reliable!
I booked with Impress Travel in July. My contact person was Tommy Thang. He is an amazing person. He was very helpful. He changed my program twice for me. Very accommodating!
We started our holiday in the north (Sapa)of Vietnam and travelled down to HCMC.
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Great value for money with 4 stars hotel accommodation for 4 couples. The tour guide has been very helpful and brought us to amazing places in Sapa. We want to thanks Thuy the tour guide and especially Mark from Impress Travel for his great service and assurance throughout our trip. We’ll definitely use his service for other tour packages in other parts of Vietnam.
This is the second time we travel to Vietnam with IMPRESS Travel. First time, we booked our holiday to Hanoi, Halong Bay & Sapa during Dec 2018 with Impress.
Second time, we travel to Hoi An, Hue & Danang (Central Vietnam) during Jan 2019.
My friends & I are very glad & happy with all the hotels stay in Central Vietnam, the meals provided are delicious. We are greatly appreciated with all the tour arrangement by Tommy & his team (tour guide).
Especially, Mr. NHAT C.V. He is helpful, cheerful, knowledgeable and very professional. He always volunteer to take a nice pictures for six of us (group) .
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