Twenty traditional craft villages that were identified as Ha Noi's worst polluters will receive Government funds totaling VND100 billion (US$4.5 million) to build wastewater treatment systems by 2020. The list encompasses traditional craft villages that specialise in processing farm produce in the districts of Hoai Duc, Thanh Oai and Tu Liem. According to the Ha Noi Centre for Environmental Monitoring and Analysing, a thousand cubic metres of wastewater from village processing farms directly discharge into the environment without treatment on a daily basis. It causes serious pollution to the air, land and water surrounding the villages and threatens local residents' health. The move, following a capital plan recently signed by Vice Chairman of the capital People's Committee Vu Hong Khanh, aims to gradually curb pollution triggered by traditional craft villages in the city over the next five years. The city's environment sector plans to conduct surveys from 2016-17 and classify … [Read more...] about VN Gov’t to grant $4.5 million for waste treatment in polluting craft villages
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“Hanoi Traditional Craft Village”
The Hanoitimes - Nearly 100 out of the 1,270 craft villages in Hanoi have posted revenues of between 10-50 billion VND per year-some even reaching the hundreds of billions. Craft villages in Hanoi mainly operate in such industries as ceramics, garments, footwear, sculpture, embroidery, rattan-bamboo weaving, copper casting, jewellery, food processing and metallurgy. In 2009, Hanoi's craft villages reached a combined production value of around 7 trillion VND, accounting for 10 percent of the city's total industrial-handicraft production value. The villages boasting the most impressive revenues included the Bat Trang Ceramics Village, with 283 billion VND; the La Phu Village - specialising in weaving and candy making, with 587 billion VND; and the Van Diem Carpentry Village, with 105 billion VND. The villages now attract nearly 1 million labourers, making up over 42 percent of the total working in the city's industrial-handicraft sector. Hanoi has built programmes and projects to develop … [Read more...] about “Hanoi Traditional Craft Village”
Workshop on developing market for traditional craft village products
The workshop is co-organised by the Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft), Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute, and Japan's Oita OVOP International Exchange Promotion Committee. It aimed to give a general overview of OVOP's success and continued to affirm the efficiency of the campaign. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Do Nhu Dinh, Vietcraft Chairman, said that OVOP initiative was taken from Japan since 1979 and has become a global movement with good impacts on poverty reduction in many countries, especially developing countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia. Aiming to develop OVOP markets successfully, each country should tap competitive advantages of products and create more value added for products to meet the increasing demand of customers. At the workshop, Ms. Dao Thu Vinh, Deputy Director of the Hanoi city Department of Industry and Trade stressed that being fully aware of the importance of craft villages, and on the basis … [Read more...] about Workshop on developing market for traditional craft village products
Environmental Protection in craft villages
Currently, it is estimated that Vietnam has about 3,000 craft villages, spread all over the country. The craft villages play an important role in the economic development of each locality. However, there are many existing issues requiring attention and orientation in environmental protection of craft villages. Diversity of craft villages According to statistics of Vietnam Association of Craft villages, the number of craft villages in the North is sharply increasing, accounting for nearly 70% of the craft villages in the country (2,200 villages), the craft villages are centralized the most in Red River Delta, there are about 200 villages in the Central, the rest is in the South with over 4000 villages . Raw and working materials for the craft village are mainly exploited in domestic localities and most of the materials are taken directly from nature. The majority of technology and techniques applying into manufacturing in in the rural craft village are outdated; the traditions are not … [Read more...] about Environmental Protection in craft villages
A traditional lacquer craft village of Vietnam
Ha Thai lacquer village, in Duyen Thai commune, Hanoi’s Thuong Tin district, has more than 200 years of experience in making lacquer products. In addition to the traditional legacy left by their ancestors, Ha Thai people with diligence, hard-work and creativity have brought in a new development stage for their locality. In the past, the village’s craftsmen were familiar with lacquer items trimmed with red and yellow colours, mainly using traditional materials and paints guided by traditional experiences. Nowadays, in addition to wood, bamboo, and rattan, craftsmen add new materials such as composites and ceramics to make their products more unique. To make a lacquer product, artisans have to perform complex tasks such as bundling the product’s core, decorating, grinding and polishing. Ha Thai lacquer products not only meet domestic demand but also reach foreign markets. For years, the locality has been a well-known fine crafts destination for international … [Read more...] about A traditional lacquer craft village of Vietnam