An exhibition titled "Quintessence of Craft Villages and Regional Specialties 2024" opened in HCM City on 12 December, showcasing products from traditional craft villages, regional specialties and items developed under the One Commune, One Product programme from various parts of the...
The conservation and development of craft villages has always been a priority for the city of Hà Nội, which has been looking at ways to address the difficulties faced by the smaller businesses and households.
Dozens of businesses from 18 cities and provinces nation-wide are showcasing their products at the Indigenous Specialties - Traditional Craft Villages exhibition that opened in HCM City on December 29.
Production and income of business households in the Red River Delta-based traditional wood craft villages have reduced due to social distancing measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over 300 booths showcase products in the capital’s agriculture and rural development, especially those participating in the One Commune-One Product (OCOP) programme.
The south-central province of Ninh Thuan spent nearly VND3 billion (US$129,000 ) to develop local craft villages in a bid to boost rural incomes and build new-style rural areas.
HCM City will invest in six agricultural products and six craft villages under the One Commune One Product Programme in which each rural commune or district will develop its own specialty.
With only a few days left until Tet (Lunar New Year), artisans in craft villages are scrambling to make products like sticky rice cakes and other traditional cakes, jams, dried shrimp and others to supply to the market.
Vietnamese fine arts and handicrafts were yet to meet the demand of both
international visitors and rich local consumers, a Japanese consultant
told a conference in Ha Noi on Tuesday.
Craft villages, a non-competitive and vulnerable part of Viet Nam''s
economy, will face greater challenges upon the establishment of the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the end of 2015.
Retailers met with nearly 130 enterprises, co-operatives, and craft
villages in HCM City and southern provinces yesterday to exchange
information and seek business partners.
Craft villages making wooden products in Viet Nam need to work closely
and develop a distribution system to increase their domestic market
share and challenge foreign products.
More than 300 enterprises, co-operatives, and craft villages in HCM City
and 20 southern provinces met with large city-based distributors at a
conference and exhibition yesterday to exchange information and
establish links.