The event is expected to welcome 10,000 visitors as well as hundreds of importers from many countries and territories.

Vuong Dinh Thanh, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Industrial Promotion and Development Consultancy Centre, said the organising board will continue holding the Match and Meet programme to support business connections.

Hanoi handicraft products.

This year’s programme will see the participation of 1,000 importers and businesses operating in the handicraft industry, he added.

Nguyen Thanh Hai, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade, said apart from selling handicraft products of export firms and traditional craft villages, the Hanoi Gift Show 2019 will offer new designed products and unique ones with high economic, technical and artistic values.

The show will create a good opportunity for the Vietnamese and Hanoi traditional handicraft sector to promote exports and sustainable development.

Voluntary students who have an insight into the sphere will be arranged to support local businesses connect with foreign customers.

Vietnamese craft villages survive test of time

In many places almost entire villages pursue a single craft for centuries and occasionally millennia.

Crafting Buddha idols in Saigon

In a quiet quarter in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 6, many households have been making cement Buddha idols for decades.

Ca Mau province to expand craft villages

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is strengthening measures to develop craft villages as they face a shortage of materials and unstable prices for their products. Under the province’s plan to 2020, it targets having 37 craft villages next year, up from the current 13.

Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019 opens

The Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019, the 8th edition, opened in the former imperial capital of Hue on April 26 with a grand ceremony.

Over 350 artisans to show off skills at Hue Traditional Craft Festival

More than 350 artisans and 62 craft production facilities and villages, both domestic and international, have registered to participate in the Hue Traditional Craft Festival, which is scheduled to take place from April 26 till May 2, the festival’s organiser said. 

Source: VNA