Products coconut mask is selected innovative products in the framework of the innovative Women's Day Vietnam in 2013 by the Vietnam Women's Union, the World Bank in Vietnam, the UN agency on gender equality and empowerment of women in Vietnam jointly held in Hanoi on 01 and 10.02.2013.
Cooperative handicraft Cuu Long (called Cooperative Mekong) was established in December 1999, the business line mainly coconut jelly processing for domestic consumption and export.
The goal established to take over the function hub for producers of small business in the product output to boost production capacity, create more research diversified products, contribute to solving many jobs for local workers, especially women workers. Currently based cooperative transaction and 3 factories in Ward 8, the city of Ben Tre, Ben Tre Province. Regular workers in the factory and management department has 32 people, mostly women (25 people); labor in the household of 200 members.
As an advisor and member of the cooperative business Mekong from its inception. With love craft processing coconut jelly, Truong Thi Cam Hong has many research investments to diversify coconut products, trying to discover, create new products, improve working conditions for workers, Cooperatives contribute to becoming one manufacturing facility large coconut jelly products and reputation in the market for many years; maintain production while slowing economy, secure livelihoods for nearly 300 regular workers in cooperatives or labor in the household members.
To contribute to the diversification of coconut products in service activities, domestic consumption and export, Truong Thi Cam Hong has studied many items processed for beverage coconut jelly and coconut jelly products fake ink (looks like squid meat) exports serve dieting, fasting. At the same time, Ms. Truong Thi Cam Hong has studied and successfully produced the "coconut mask" used in the cosmetic field.
In 2002, a Taiwanese customer to question the use of fossil coconut fiber pads to skin care mask processing. Ms. Truong Thi Cam Hong start thinking, coconut fruit is of good quality; Fresh coconut water has a lot of good for the health of consumers, coconut jelly made from coconut milk, this is the kind of products that are high in fiber. Since then the idea would arise study to create new products at a higher level in order to serve the beauty of women. The basis of this idea is the coconut jelly made from fermented coconut water. Meanwhile, from traditional folk experience and scientific research facility - the technology shows that coconut water if properly handled will be a very good natural products for humans. From thoughts to reality is a process of investing, researching, and manufacturing, testing difficult since the launch of the product to reach the market and consumers, especially women approved receive. So that, if the product is in the field of cosmetic elements to ensure technical, quality and safety for the user, while fermented coconut water is generally very easy to be damaged, difficult to preserve due protein, sugar ... Still, Truong Thi Cam Hong continuous processing test. Over repeatedly produce many failed attempts, but still depressed and aggressive, creating a new manufacturing process to create the finished product without chemicals. By 2011, based masks are processed successfully, is used as a skin beauty product, GMP and Ben Tre Department of Health permit circulation.
We can say more than 13 years, including 10 years of research to explore processing for the new products from the coconut water coconut masks, Truong Thi Cam Hong has contributed groundbreaking opening tip to diversify production local coconut products, increase product value many times the food industry (desiccated coconut), limiting polluting the environment (without coconut milk is used to discharge into the environment causing heavily polluted water) which is a great effort of self and collective cooperative Mekong.
Characteristics of the creative product: Coconut water is rich in nutrients, drinking coconut water good for health, beautiful skin. Coconut milk fermentation creates fiber membrane with high elasticity, soft; masks can replace face masks in cellulose synthesis (non-woven), both natural and easy to use. This is a unique product made from coconut milk in Ben Tre first (and also see the first in Vietnam) to cater to the beauty of women.
Products coconut masks when introduced to the market, a lot of people very surprised to learn that it is produced from coconut water, a very familiar and materials available locally. From palm trees to create a lot of food products, chemicals in medicine, art, ... can now add coconut mask of cosmetics products enriched coconut products. Just as many places called: coconut tree tree of life.
The good news to the cooperative Mekong coconut products mask is selected innovative products in the framework of the Women's Day 2013 Creative Vietnam by Vietnam Women's Union, the World Bank in Vietnam , the UN agency on gender equality and empowerment of women in Vietnam jointly held in Hanoi on 1 and 10/02/2013. Ms. Truong Thi Cam Hong - business advisory Cooperative Mekong, was praised as a typical individual and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union Certificate of Merit.
Currently, the product is coconut mask specific products, unique cooperative Mekong present at many localities in the country like Ben Tre, Tien Giang, Long An, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi ... ., are present in the Co-op Mart supermarket. Regarding exports, initially had some clients from Japan, Korea and Taiwan, the United States ... to learn to order products.
