Viet Nam has a long and rich tradition of handmade crafts, but the rural families that produce them are among the country’s poorest. The UN's Joint Programme on 'Green Production and Trade to Increase Income and Employment Opportunities for the Rural Poor' works to increase income and employment opportunities for raw craft material growers/collectors and grassroots handicrafts and furniture producers. The cultivation and processing of natural raw materials and handicraft production constitute the most important sources of additional income for rural households.
The joint programme recently published Craft and Design in Viet Nam, which presents the results of a team of foreign designers, engaged by the International Trade Center (ITC) and the United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO), to assist Vietnamese companies develop new and more sustainable product collections. The product collections will be first introduced to international buyers at LifeStyle Vietnam 2011, the international home décor and gift fair organized by VIETCRAFT in Ho Chi Minh City in April 2011.
For more information see:
Download the publication Craft and Design in Viet Nam - Download the Green Trade Joint Programme Fact Sheet
- Download the Green Production and Trade Joint Programme Document
- Visit the Joint Programme website
- Watch a short video that aired on VTV 1 on 25 May 2011 about initial results of the joint programme
- Read the first quarterly newsletter: Crafting out of poverty
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