Myanmar traditional broom-making businesses struggle for survival

STORY: Myanmar traditional broom-making businesses struggle for survival SHOOTING TIME: May 11, 2024 DATELINE: May 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:30 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of grass broom workshops in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar STORYLINE: U Tin Oo, owner of the Win Ngwe Toe grass broom business in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, vows to sustain his business of making traditional brooms, which he thinks is a big contributor to the local economy. "Despite challenges such as rising raw material prices, transportation costs and labor shortages in the Myanmar broom industry, I'm determined to sustain our business for as long as I live, not solely for profit but to ensure its survival and positive impact on the local economy," he told Xinhua on Saturday. "Our primary aim is not just financial gain but to provide job opportunities and generate income for the local community," he noted. "Despite having markets in India, Malaysia, and South Korea, business expansi

(FujianPano) CHINA-FUJIAN-TEA INDUSTRY (CN)

(FujianPano) CHINA-FUJIAN-TEA INDUSTRY (CN)

(240512) -- FUZHOU, May 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Merchants select primary Tieguanyin Tea at a market in Anxi County, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 8, 2024. China's Fujian Province is a significant contributor to tea production. In recent years, the tea industry of Fujian has been exploring development by cultivating tea culture, accelerating industrialization and utilizing high-tech. The Fujian tea industry, represented by the production of Fuding White Tea, Wuyi Rock Tea and Anxi Tieguanyin Tea, is accelerating its collaboration with cultural tourism and catering and promoting new products of tea beverages and tea snacks which have become the pillar industry in rural revitalization and an important way to increase income for local villagers. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)