'Wonder' machine weaves mats for villagers prosperity
26 Jul '05
4 min read
Due to the vast number of corporate orders for the machines, Long isn't thinking about mass-producing the appliance for the domestic market, yet.
Orders began streaming in from numerous domestic and foreign firms, including A Glimpse of Viet Nam in HCM City, Sunflower Co Ltd in HCM City and Kim Trung Dung Textile Co Ltd in Taiwan.
An enterprise from the northern province of Thai Binh, another home of traditional mat-weaving villages, has told Long they will buy as many machines as he can produce.
Director of the provincial Department for Science and Technology, Truong Minh Nhat, says the department will offer him financial support if he develops a plan for trade after the machine's trial runs.
"Our tests show his machine is operating correctly," says Nhat.
The department has also helped him prepare the legal documents to register a patent for his machine with the Intellectual Property Department.
As for Long, he plans to focus on training young mechanics.
For Long now, it was change and challenge overcome in face of tremondous odds and that goes to speak of his spirits and deligence that brought forth his wonder machine to revolutionise the world around him and possibly beyond.
-Ltd..jpg?tr=w-120,h-60,c-at_max,cm-pad_resize,bg-ffffff "Thermore (Far East) Ltd.")
.jpg?tr=w-120,h-60,c-at_max,cm-pad_resize,bg-ffffff "Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (TSllC Ltd)")
.jpg?tr=w-120,h-60,c-at_max,cm-pad_resize,bg-ffffff "Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF)")
