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Sophistcated hand-embroidery in a traditional craft village

Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00
Vietnamese artisans from Minh Lang village, Vu Thu district, in the Red River delta province have won the hearts of overseas customers with their beautiful and sophisticated embroidery skills, which adorn costumes ranging from Japanese kimonos to Korean hanboks, and even household items such as bedding and paintings.

Traditional wine of ethnic groups

Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:00

Besides “Tho Cam” or “Textile/ Brocade”, wine is definitely considered another “specialty” of the Northwest region. The production of wine at village / community level in Vietnam is well-known with the name/ brand name of “Van” wine in Bac Giang province, Sika wine in Quang Tri, Bau Da wine in Binh Dinh, Mau Son wine in Lang Son, San Lung wine of Red Dzao people in Lao Cai and Kim Son wine in Ninh Binh as well…

Vermicelli processing

Thursday, 07 January 2010 00:00

Vermicelli production is quite popular in the North of Vietnam with the name of many craft villages like Duong Lieu (Hoai Duc district, Hanoi), Tan Hoa (Quoc Oai district, Hanoi) and Cu Da (Thanh Oai district, Hanoi). These villages often buy canna flour in canna plantation area in Hanoi like My Duc district or the provinces in the Northwest like Son La, Lai Chau …or Eastwest provinces like Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai… for vermicelli production. Besides that, resulting from the high demand of flour for vermicelli production (e.g. Cu Da village produces 15.000 tons of vermicelli per year), the producers in vermicelli villages have to buy also flour from China (about 50% or 83.000 tons) which the content is not really canna and the producers also have no ideas about its content.

Potential of honey production - Report from HRPC

Thursday, 12 November 2009 00:00
Vietnam is one of the top 6 exporters of honey in the world after Argentina, Mexico, Canada, China and Brazil with the export volume of almost 9,000 tons/ year. Besides Dak Lac province is considered the biggest center of honey production (account for over 40% of whole country), other provinces like Ca Mau, Binh Phuoc, Lam Dong, Son La also have big potential for bee raising and honey processing.

Potential of tea processing in the Northwest Vietnam

Thursday, 05 November 2009 00:00

Tea is presently growing in 35 provinces in Vietnam with the total area of 131,500 ha and the average output is 6.5 tons of fresh bud/ha, providing material for the processing of 700 tea processing companies in Vietnam. Vietnam is in the top 5 biggest tea exporting countries in the world. In 2008, the total export quantity of tea reached 104,000 tons with the export turnover of USD147 million to over 110 countries.

Government gives the nod to a second stimulus package

Saturday, 31 October 2009 05:10
A second stimulus package has been approved by the government in the monthly cabinet meeting.The move was announced by government office chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 30. Phuc said cabinet members spent most of the time discussing economic stimulation plans and solutions, particularly whether the government should launch a second stimulus package or not.