Close up of raising boys to get pearls on Phu Quoc island

Every year, millions of pearls worth billions of VND are given, pearl farming households in Phu Quoc island district, Kien Giang have signed big boys export contracts to Japan, Korea, Russia .

Kien Giang is the first province in the Mekong Delta to implement a successful model of culturing pearls to enrich fishermen. 120km away from the mainland, Phu Quoc pearl island is suitable for developing pearl farming for pearls. Pearl cultured here is of very good quality, the shiny pearl is very popular with international tourists. Many households in this island from white hands have collected billions of money from culturing pearls.

This calm, peaceful sea is the pearl breeding area of ​​Phu Quoc island

In order to serve the raising of boys, people first have to invest in buoys and net cages worth tens of millions of VND

Mother mussels are carefully selected from the beginning and kept in cages

Nuclear implantation is only performed when the male is qualified for the size, duration and condition of the gonads

This son, who has been raising for 1 year, is being taken away to clean the algae on his body

And monitor weight development to prepare "healthy" implantation

If the gonads of the male gonad are in mature stage, the mussel is susceptible to death or falling, or the pearl is formed without quality.The experience of mussel farmers in Phu Quoc is to select a mother whose gonads are not mature to implant. In the picture is a son who opens his mouth (preparing to harvest).

And here is the iridescent jewel in the son's mouth

The colorful gems have just been harvested

Pearls are special "specialties" that tourists cannot ignore every time they travel to Phu Quoc

In addition to exporting and selling crude, many pearl "kilns" in Phu Quoc also process pearl jewelry.This jewelry is currently of very high value, ranging from a few million dong to tens of million dong for each product but still very attractive