VietNamNet Bridge - The land of Bao Loc in Lam Dong is famous nationwide for growing mulberries, raising silkworms and weaving silk. Bao Loc silk is very beautiful, glossy and velvety.

Located at an altitude of over 800m, 190km from Ho Chi Minh City and 110km from Da Lat City, Bao Loc Plateau is cool all year round with high rainfall, humidity and mist, suitable for growing mulberries and raising silkworms. Therefore, it has become the “capital” of the sericulture sector with large silk producing factories, such as Bao Loc Silk Joint-Stock Company, A Chau Silk Joint-Stock Company, Kimono Company, Vietsilk Company and about 20 private silk production workshops.

In 2004, Vietnam Sericulture Corporation (Viseri) cooperated with Matsumura Company (Japan) to establish three large silk producing factories in Bao Loc, including Silk Spinning Factory No.4 with a capacity of 85 tonnes of silk cords/year and two factories producing silk for making ties and kimonos with a capacity of 486,000m/year and 480,000m/year respectively, opening a new development period for the sericulture sector in Bao Loc.

Bao Loc silk is produced by the modern technology of Japan and Korea so it is always superior in quality compared to other products of the same kind. The silk cords are very thin and velvety that help create beautiful glossy silk products, diverse in styles and designs, which are much sought after in both domestic and foreign markets.

At present, Bao Loc produces over 20 different categories, such as satin, crepedechine (CDC), jacquard, Habutai, oganza, Georgetee (GGT.Voal), Taffetas and visco mixed fabrics and cotton mixed.

When visiting Bao Loc, we met Nguyen Tien Dung, former Deputy Director of Viseri who has a great zeal for Vietnam’s sericulture sector. After he is retired, Dung established Vietsilk Company which specializes in producing high-grade brocade from Bao Loc silk cords.

Dung said: “I believe that the brocade product will bring high economic value because it is a high-grade product which is in great demand in developing countries.”

Recently, his company installed 60 power-looms of weaving small-size jacquard cloth according to the Japanese technology to make kimonos and 20 power-looms of producing silk lining for making kimonos.

With 80 power-looms, Vietsilk exports about four tonnes of brocade and silk/month to Japan, Singapore and Pakistan. In the past six months of this year, Vietsilk exported to Japan about 20 tonnes of brocade and silk of different kinds, worth nearly two million dollars. In the coming years, Vietsilk will gradually increase the productivity for export.

With high quality, Bao Loc brand silk products are not only consumed in the domestic market but also exported to many foreign countries, such as Japan, the US and Singapore and Pakistan.

Source: VNP