Nearly 200 domestic and foreign businesses attended the International Timber and Handicraft Products Fair which opened at the Tan Binh Exhibition and Fair Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on October 5. The annual fair aims to promote domestic timber and handicraft product exports. During the event, several other activities will also take place, such [...]
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), [...]
Industrial and handicraft complexes in the southern province of Long An have so far attracted 290 projects – 21 of which are foreign-invested – worth VND94 trillion (US$4.4 billion). At a recent conference, the provincial People’s Committee vice chairman, Pham Van Rach, suggested that local authorities and relevant sectors support businesses with implementing their projects [...]
The Viet Nam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft) will set up a design centre to develop handicraft products as poor quality design is a major stumbling block for the development of the industry, said Vietcraft chairman Do Nhu Dinh. Dinh said that good design was a key factor in helping the handicraft industry compete against products [...]
Ha Noi will focus on training management skills and professionalism, constructing infrastructure, improving the environment and co-ordinating with tourism agencies to preserve and develop trade villages, Dao Thu Vinh, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, said. “Besides renovating temples, pagodas and amusement parks, trade villages will develop traditional products which have great [...]
In order to maintain and develop their traditional craft, residents in the Nha Xa Weaving Village are gradually modernizing production. Nguyen Quang Thoai, the head of the Nha Xa Weaving Village in Moc Nam commune, Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province, said that in 1993-1994 traditional production methods, low productivity and poor styles of products [...]
Hanoi will provide VND 3.6 trillion (US$189 million) to preserve and develop craft villages from 2010-2015 to preserve traditional crafts, develop tourism, and build new craft villages while ensuring the environment is protected. The city will prioritise 25 traditional villages that are under threat and need to be restored and preserved. They include Dong My [...]
Handicraft and fine arts firms have been sitting idle over the last several months because they have no orders or cannot accept them with the low export prices. IKEA is one of the few highlights . While participating in a woodworking and handicrafts trade fair, many Vietnamese enterprises obtained contracts with Sweden’s IKEA group. IKEA [...]
The National Trade Promotion Agency will co-ordinate with the Centre for Trade Promotion,Iinvestment and Tourism in Asean-Japan (AJC) and the Viet Nam Handicraft Exporters Association to hold a conference entitled “Boosting exports of Vietnamese handicraft products to Japan” in September. From the conference, 10 Vietnamese craft enterprises will be selected to take part in an [...]
Son Dong craft village in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi, is Vietnam’s largest craft village making wood statues of Buddha and objects of worship. The village has set many national records for the quantity and quality of its wooden products and the number of people involved in the profession. Arriving in the village in early July, [...]
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