Seminar targets higher handicraft exports
(VNA) -- Fine arts and handicrafts exports have some way to go to meet the Government target of 1.5 billion USD in turnover per year by 2010, Deputy Minister of Trade Do Nhu Dinh told a seminar in Ha Noi on May 11.
The sector expects to fetch 820 million USD this year, he added.
The seminar, entitled Developing the Export of Viet Nam Fine Arts and Handicraft Products in 2007-10, drew the participation of senior officials from the Trade Ministry, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs as well as representatives from many enterprises, and heralded the establishment of the new Viet Nam Fine Arts and Handicrafts Association.
The session assessed the current state of production and exports and discussed strategies to develop the sector which, last year, accounted for only 1.57 percent of the country's total export turnover.
Addressing the seminar, Dinh emphasised that, although fine arts and handicrafts accounted for only a modest proportion of the nation's export turnover, it had the potential, with proper strategy and follow-through, to become a key sector.
Its advantages included relatively low capital requirements and high added valued products, said Dinh, making it a sector of high economic efficiency and a strong foreign currency earner.
Other advantages enjoyed by the sector included abundant raw material sources, a skilled labour force and high domestic and international demand, Dinh said.
Challenges facing the industry, he noted, included high transportation costs, lack of product diversity, scattered and uncoordinated enterprises, and a lack of trade promotion efforts.
The trade ministry has put forward several measures to develop fine arts and handicrafts exports, including sustainable development of raw materials sources, establishing a design centre, boosting training for workers, granting incentives and loans for exporting enterprises, and organising an international fine arts and handicrafts commercial exposition in Viet Nam.
An official from the Ministry of Industry noted the issue of intellectual property rights in fine arts and handicrafts products, emphasising that , without appropriate regulations, artisans may face charges of violating the rights of others as well as the loss of rights to their own original designs.
Fine arts and handicrafts are listed as a spearhead industry for breakthrough in export in the Government export development programme for 2006-2010./.
The seminar, entitled Developing the Export of Viet Nam Fine Arts and Handicraft Products in 2007-10, drew the participation of senior officials from the Trade Ministry, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs as well as representatives from many enterprises, and heralded the establishment of the new Viet Nam Fine Arts and Handicrafts Association.
The session assessed the current state of production and exports and discussed strategies to develop the sector which, last year, accounted for only 1.57 percent of the country's total export turnover.
Addressing the seminar, Dinh emphasised that, although fine arts and handicrafts accounted for only a modest proportion of the nation's export turnover, it had the potential, with proper strategy and follow-through, to become a key sector.
Its advantages included relatively low capital requirements and high added valued products, said Dinh, making it a sector of high economic efficiency and a strong foreign currency earner.
Other advantages enjoyed by the sector included abundant raw material sources, a skilled labour force and high domestic and international demand, Dinh said.
Challenges facing the industry, he noted, included high transportation costs, lack of product diversity, scattered and uncoordinated enterprises, and a lack of trade promotion efforts.
The trade ministry has put forward several measures to develop fine arts and handicrafts exports, including sustainable development of raw materials sources, establishing a design centre, boosting training for workers, granting incentives and loans for exporting enterprises, and organising an international fine arts and handicrafts commercial exposition in Viet Nam.
An official from the Ministry of Industry noted the issue of intellectual property rights in fine arts and handicrafts products, emphasising that , without appropriate regulations, artisans may face charges of violating the rights of others as well as the loss of rights to their own original designs.
Fine arts and handicrafts are listed as a spearhead industry for breakthrough in export in the Government export development programme for 2006-2010./.
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