Growers of rattan and bamboo for handicraft production would be charged lower land use taxes beginning April 5, under a recent Prime Minister Decision. Following Decision 11/2011/QD-TTg, growers of rattan and bamboo products for daily use will be free from paying a land use tax. Those growing bamboo and rattan for other purposes will be [...]
Exports of handicraft products would likely reach US$1.8 billion this year, up 12 per cent over last year, said deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft) Le Ba Ngoc. The Government has listed handicrafts as one of the country’s export staples during the 2011-15 period, leading Ngoc to believe the industry would [...]
The Orange Fleurs d’Espoir association (OFE) and the Association of Batik International (ABI) on January 31 opened an exhibition in Paris to introduce traditional brocade weaving products of the Vietnamese ethnic minority people of Mong. Vu Thi Xuan Phuong, chairwoman of ABI, said that the activity aimed to preserve and promote traditional Vietnamese cultural values, [...]
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 [...]
The international handicraft products fair Lifestyle 2011 will take place April 18-24 at Tan Binh International Exhibition Centre in HCM City. The annual event, which is jointly organised by Viettrade, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Viet Nam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft), expects to attract about 2,000 exporters. There will be about 1,000 [...]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development identified bamboo as one of the key export products, helping reduce poverty and developing the rural economy sustainably in the 2011-2015 period. At a seminar on the development of the bamboo industry on November 22, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ho Xuan Hung said if the [...]
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