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Factories poach northern craftsmen 

July 23, 2011
Factories poach northern craftsmen 

A man makes shoes in the handicraft village of Gie Ha. The village, with a tradition for leather shoe making that stretches back nearly 100 years, produces about 100,000 pairs of hand-made shoes a year.. Nguyen Thi Dung, a craftsperson from Hanoi’s Van Phuc Silk Village, recently applied for a job at a garment factory [...]

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Rolling in the muck

January 16, 2010
Rolling in the muck

Pollution in Vietnam’s rural areas is on the rise, negatively impacting the environment and local inhabitants. The term “craft village” loosely describes small townships in the Vietnamese countryside with specialised trades and industries. The village might produce foodstuffs, fabrics, pottery, handicrafts or garments. Normally, alongside agricultural production, this industry will be a crucial part of [...]

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Craft villages pollute environment

September 14, 2009
Craft villages pollute environment

LookAtVietnam – Approximately 90 per cent of the country’s 2,790 craft villages have violated environmental protection regulations, A brick kiln in District 9’s Long Binh ward in HCM City belches out smoke.“Common among most of these craft villages were contributions to water, air and land pollution,” said head of the department Colonel Nguyen Van Ly [...]

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How intellectual property can protect craft

May 1, 2009
How intellectual property can protect craft

Women make porcelain products in Yen Thanh Commune, Yen Mo District of Ninh Binh Province. Awareness of the importance of intellectual property laws among people and provincial administrations is still lacking.VietNamNet Bridge – Very few traditional craft villages protect the intellectual property rights of their handicrafts, according to the Viet Nam Intellectual Property Department.Department deputy [...]

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Lifespan of polluted craft villagers shorter

April 22, 2009
Lifespan of polluted craft villagers shorter

The lifespan of people living in polluted craft villages in Vietnam is ten years shorter than the country’s average lifespan, according to a report of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MoNRE). A polluting kiln at a craft village in the North. The MoNRE’s report about the environment at craft villages of Vietnam 2008 [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...