Handicraft export value hits 1.6 billion USD yearly
The export value of Vietnam’s handicraft products has averaged 1.6 billion USD per year since 2000.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The
export value of Vietnam’s handicraft products has averaged 1.6 billion USD per
year since 2000.
According to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, the country has 5,411 handicraft villages,
of which 1,864 are traditional handicraft villages.
Annually, the number of business
households in rural areas increases by 8.8-9.8 percent, producing a production
growth rate of about 15 percent.
Craft villages create jobs for about
11 million labourers in rural areas.-VNA