The Hanoitimes – Mobilizing all resources for craft village development is one of the Capital city’s key missions in 2017. In 2017, Hanoi spent over VND 35.2 billion on developing crafts and craft villages. The Department of Labor Invalids and Social Affairs has organized vocational training courses for 23,415 rural labors. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has also opened training courses for 2,080 labors in craft villages. In addition, departments and sectors have proactively arranged funds for vocational training. Particularly, the Department of Industry and Trade has cooperates with relevant departments, sectors, associations to open 40 courses on training fine art craft for 1,400 people from 40 communes, villages; organize 15 others on management skills, designing, export-import, sales, finance for 1,500 turns of leaders, managers of enterprises and producers. Besides, the Department of Industry and Trade has supported 12 projects on renewing facilities, putting modern machines into production; organized eight Industrial sewing courses for 280 labors and supported the project on investment, innovation and application of advanced and modern machines in production. To give financial assistance to enterprises, producing facilities in craft villages, the State Bank of Vietnam – Hanoi Branch has provided loans for craft and craft village development. By December 31, 2017 the total loans for agriculture and rural development reached VND 94,877 billion, up 21.5 percent in comparison with the same period last year; the total capital for craft villages fetched VND 11,626 billion, posting a year on year surge of… [Read full story]
According to Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade, the city has 1,350 craft villages, including 286 craft villages recognized by Hanoi’s People’s Committee as traditional. Currently, there are 175,889 draft households being involved in industrial craft production; 2,063 joint-stock companies; 4,562 limited liability companies; 1,440 private enterprises; and 164 cooperatives. These craft producers and traders are contributing positively to the city’s socioeconomic and cultural development. Some craft villages in Hanoi have grown by leaps and bounds, creating hundreds of billion dong in annual value such as Ha Thai (Thuong Tin District), Chang Son (Thach That District), Bat Trang (Gia Lam…... [read more]
Developing craft villages so they can enable rural residents toearn a stable income, is one of the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment’s (MARD) major policies, said a senior ministry official. During a seminar entitled “One Village, One Product,” which was jointlyheld by the MARD and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)in Hanoi on September 15, MARD Deputy Minister Ho Xuan Hung said thatdrawing up a programme to develop each village with a craft nationwidewill stimulate rural employment and will help to change the country’seconomic structure, under which the proportion of agricultural productsand farmers will drop while those in services and…... [read more]
(Cinet ) - This is a content of scheme on conservation and development of trade villages in Lam Dong province from 2014 to 2016 and orientations to 2020 was approved by the provincial People's Committee with the expenditure of VND 8.2 billion. The goal of the project is to conserve , preserve and develop traditional craft villages , preserve national cultural identity, increase income and create jobs for rural laborers, ect. From now until 2016, Lam Dong province will increase the number of villages up to 33 villages, of which developing 12 trade villages for tourism . In the period…... [read more]
The responsibilities of craft village tourism are not only to develop trademarks but also to create a motive force to change rural face and bring social and economic benefits to individuals and organizations operating in villages, said Vu Quoc Tuan, the chairman of the Vietnam Association of Craft Villages to Vietnam Economic News' reporter. Craft village tourism brings multi-benefits According to Vu Quoc Tuan, at present, there are 2,790 craft villages in Vietnam (among which 300 belong to Hanoi), creating jobs for more than 11 million of people in about five million households. Among those, many craft villages are…... [read more]
(Cinet)- A seminar on the current situation and measures to develop tourism in craft villages and traditional craft cities in Hanoi and Red River Delta provinces took place on October 12 – 18. Accordingly, developing craft villages and traditional craft cities through tourism has been discussed at the festival. Addressing at the opening of the seminar, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mai Tien Dung said that over the past few years, craft village tourism saw strong development with famous trademarks such as Bat Trang pottery, Van Phuc silk, Phu Vinh bamboo and rattan, and Trieu…... [read more]
