The 2020 Vietnam International Fashion Festival (VIFF) featured a combination of various art forms like an orchestra, classic ballet, magicians' show, dance, and installation art.
The most effective weapon in the war on COVID-19 is face masks. Paying attention to the market demand, Nguyen Thi Xuan Kieu living in Ho Chi Minh City came up with the idea of turning plain fabric masks into more eye-catching but comfortable embroidery masks. Many young people consider this kind of mask as a suitable gift for relatives and friends.
The Vietnam Women’s Museum together with Ikebana House recently launched the Vietnam-Japan Cultural Space to promote the beauty of handicrafts from both countries. Let’s take a look!
Hanoi has issued an implementation plan for a project to develop key industrial products in the 2021-2025 period, with an estimated cost of 200 billion VND (8.63 million USD).
The Government's 30 percent corporate income tax cut was a step in the right direction but it could have been more inclusive by offering support to small businesses that were in desperate need of cash due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, said business leaders and industry experts.
Hanoi is striving to expand handicraft export markets for an annual growth of 8 percent in export turnover under a programme on promoting the city’s industrial development for the 2021-25 period.
Located 30 km south of Hanoi, Tu Van village in the capital’s Thuong Tin district is famed for its embroidery and weaving. It’s the village that has made millions of national flags for 75 years.
Tu Van villagers proudly say that their village sewed the national flags on September 2, 1945. And after 75 years, this year, they are still diligently continuing their work to produce the best flags.
As National Day approaches, Vuong Thi Nhung’s family in Tu Van craft village in Hanoi’s Thuong Tin district is working in full swing to produce national flags serving market demand.
Armed with experience from coping with the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic, many textile and footwear enterprises are quietly confident they can alter their plans as required and find new markets to cope with the second.
Traditional craft villages were already under threat from the rapid development of the modern world and were then challenged even more so by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many youngsters now recognise, however, the importance of stopping traditional crafts from falling into oblivion.
The State Bank of Vietnam will consider simplifying lending procedures to help COVID-19-affected firms easily access preferential interest rate loans, SBV Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu said.
A lack of raw materials and falling consumption demand in foreign markets are challenging enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City. Many of them are hoping for specific policies to help them overcome these difficulties and resume economic activities.
Located in Thuong Tin district, about 25 kilometers south of Hanoi, Quat Dong embroidery craft village is considered the cradle of embroidery in Vietnam with its brand name famous throughout the northern region and nationwide.
Just 25km from Ha Noi’s city centre, Quat Dong Village is renowned as the cradle of the traditional embroidery. The countryside is peaceful with a thousand-year history.
Whether Vietnamese enterprises can cash on the opportunity brought by the CPTPP to increase exports of garments, footwear, timber products, and beverages depends on their preparation, experts said.
The garment industry has called for investment in the underdeveloped textile, dyeing and fabric segments to meet the global supply chain demand, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS).
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