Fair Trade

Stories tagged Fair Trade:

• The Legend of the Salt Merchant Aug 10, 2025

  

  Along the coast of central Vietnam, where the South China Sea meets the land in a series of beautiful bays and inlets, there lived a salt merchant named Mặn who had inherited his father’s modest salt-making business. Unlike the large commercial operations that dominated the trade, Mặn’s family had always operated on a small scale, harvesting salt from shallow coastal ponds using traditional methods passed down through generations.

  What set Mặn apart from other merchants was not the size of his operation, but his unwavering commitment to honesty and fair dealing. In an industry where it was common practice to mix sand or other substances with salt to increase weight and profits, Mặn sold only pure, high-quality salt at fair prices.