Wooden handicraft and furniture manufacturers have been given the kiss of life. Vietcombank is offering a commercial supportive programme specially tailored to wood industry businesses and handicraft manufacturers with a committed credit package of VND1 trillion ($48.3 million). Under the programme, Vietcombank will render a package support to businesses acquiring export letters of credit (L/C) [...]
Despite many difficulties, the handicraft and wood industry has been making efforts to reach the Government’s export target of US$4.2 billion for the year, an industry official has said. Speaking at a seminar on the industry in HCM City yesterday, Huynh Van Hanh, deputy chairman of the Handicraft and Wood Association of HCM City (Hawa), [...]
Lack of capital and poor market demand are among the biggest challenges faced by Viet Nam’s trade villages, said State officials at a workshop held in Ha Noi yesterday. Trinh Quoc Dat, head of the Training Section of the Viet Nam Trade Villages Association, said that 60 to 70 per cent of trade villages lacked [...]
The old wooden tables, chairs, wardrobes or beds, which several years ago would be considered too old and fit for the garbage can, are now being hunted by wooden furniture traders. Having become fed up with artificial wood, people now prefer natural wood made products. Traders have been hunting vehemently for old wooden furniture. On [...]
The Handicraft and Wood Industry Association (HAWA) and Italian furniture industry association Centro Speri-mentale del Mobile (CSM) last week signed a memorandum of understanding for co-operation in research, marketing, training, and furniture design and wood-processing technology. Under the agreement signed in Florence by a visiting HAWA delegation, CSM will help HAWA enter into tie-ups with [...]
A rattan industry trade fair which opened in HCM City on Sunday is promoting the concept that cleaner production helps small and medium-sized companies operate in a sustainable manner and access the international market. The Asia Pacific Lifestyle Trade Fair has attracted around 700 companies, but only a few dozen apply Clean Production (CP). While [...]
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