Vietnamese traditional toys made by the Bamboo Production Business in Phu Vinh traditional craft village, Chuong My district, Hanoi are being exported to Japan, France, the UK, Germany and the US. Toys are very cheap. They much sought after by children and also by foreign customers who like to decorate shops. Nguyen Huu Binh, a [...]
Handicraft businesses in northern Bac Ninh Province have been slow to embrace e-commerce, according to Nguyen Duc Hung, director of the Trade Promotion Centre under the Industry and Commerce Department. Hung said there were more than 3,000 small handicraft businesses in the province but that many were missing out on not applying new technology to [...]
A Viet Nam Rattan Network was established in Hanoi on June 26 by the Vietnam Fine Arts and Handicrafts Association and the Vietnam Centre for Research and Support of Handicrafts Villages. The key members of the network consists of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Fine [...]
Hundreds of ceramics, ornamental trees, wood sculptures and hand made products produced by nearly 30 enterprises in southern Vietnam are being displayed at the Viet Nam Handicraft and Interior Decoration Show 2009 which opened in downtown HCMC on Friday. Organized by the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association, or Hawa, the show runs until July 1 [...]
In Viet Nam there are more than 2,000 officially recognized occupational villages. The domestic fine art and handicraft industry has more than 1,000 businesses which employ about 1.4 million people. It is thought that the industry has potential for increased production, much of which could be exported. The fine art and handicraft industry has grown [...]
Fine handicraft products will be on display at the biennial Viet Nam Handicraft Villages Festival in Da Nang from March 24 to 29. Among the 60 top handicraft villages registering for the event are Non Nuoc stone carving village, Cam Ne mat weaving village, Bat Trang, Chu Dau, Bau Truc ceramics villages, Phuoc Kieu, Phu [...]
The Viet Nam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair (VIFA 2009) will be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City from March 11th- 14th, 2009 by the HCM City Handicraft & Wood Industry Association (HAWA). It is estimated that over 6,00 business delegations from 61 countries and territories have [...]
Art and handicraft products are contributing strongly to the nation’s economic development, with total export value of these products reaching nearly US$1 billion last year. Exported art and handicraft articles have a higher profit margin than exported garments, wood products and footwear, because most arts and crafts are made from local raw materials as opposed [...]
Eleven million workers in the country’s 2,017 handicraft villages lack steady jobs and a stable source of income. 60% of handicraft villages were operational, but 20% operated on a weekly basis and the rest were verging on bankruptcy. Chairman of the Viet Nam’s Handicraft Villages’ Association Vu Quoc Tuan said 60 per cent of handicraft [...]
Nearly 60 per cent of handicraft villages around the country have been forced to cut back on their production because of the global financial crisis, according to a ministry official. Tran Chien Thang, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said while tourism in the villages had helped raise standards of living, many tour services [...]
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