Coming to Lai Trieu incense village people can easily see the busy working atmosphere when the craft village enters the main production season of the year. Along the village road, the image of bouquets of incense with many eye-catching colors is brought out to dry, making many people feel interested. For incense makers in Lai Trieu, the dry weather, no rain, and mild sunshine are very favorable conditions for the production of incense. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hang, owner of an incense production facility, said: Due to the high demand for incense at the end of the year and at the beginning of the new year, the production facilities in the village are busy at this time. turn on with work. The amount of frankincense produced in the months leading up to the Lunar New Year combined is 2-3 times higher than in the rest of the year. As for my establishment, because it has received orders from familiar merchants a few months ago, it has to accelerate production to provide enough goods. On average, the facility produces about 50,000 incense sticks per day. Agarwood produced by my facility is consumed everywhere from the North to the South, to some countries such as China, India...

Lai Trieu craft village currently has nearly 40 incense producing households with nearly 100 employees. Along with handmade incense making, in recent years, some households have put machines into production, contributing to improving output, so Lai Trieu incense is also expanding to the market throughout the provinces and cities in the country. both at home and abroad. Thanks to traditional occupations, many production households in the village have grown rich, contributing to the local socio-economic development. The price of incense this year remains stable as every year, the common type is 40,000 VND/bundle (1 bunch = 100 incense sticks), the special type is 100,000 VND/bundle... Also thanks to the stable price, incense makers in Lai Trieu have quite good income, from 15 to 20 million VND/household/month, especially some households have income up to several tens of millions VND/month. In addition, incense making also creates more jobs for many workers with an income of 150,000 - 200,000 VND/person/day. According to the elders in the village, Lai Trieu village has been established and developed for more than 500 years. The person who founded the village and passed on the profession of making incense to the villagers is the old monk Bui Nhan Toan. Over hundreds of years of history, incense making is still maintained and developed here. Commemorating the ancestors of the craft village, on January 10 every year, the villagers organize the incense village festival in which there are folk games such as incense car contest, wrestling ...

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