36-year-old Van Hong Hai from Da Nang has long pursued a dream of working in tourism.  He has always been interested in learning about the cultures of domestic and foreign places he has visited, and especially their tourism souvenirs.  As a result, he set up his Signature Crafts and Arts handicraft manufacturing facility in Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An City.

Mr Hai and his environmentally-friendly straw products

In 2012, Mr Hai opened a Gifts and Beach Gear shop, called “The Beach House”, which is located at 661 Ngo Quyen Street in Da Nang.  His shop offers hundreds of unique tourism products, especially environmentally-friendly straw hats, many with the city’s logo and local beautiful scenery printed on them.

The shop’s straw hats have become popular with both local young people and visitors during their outdoor activities and trips, as well as at the city’s large events.

Although there are hundreds of tourism souvenirs in the city, straw hats are considered to be a good choice by local travel agencies and visitors due to their compact design and practicality.  

The Beach House also sells swimming shorts which are locally-made and are therefore likely become more popular than the usual Chinese ones.  The shorts not only feature harmonious colours at reasonable prices, but they are also produced in same-pattern pairs for couples and lovers, or fathers and sons.

Mr Hai said that he plans to open a straw hat manufacturing shop with advanced weaving technology.  He also expressed his hope that more of his products will be sold to create more jobs for local labourers.