Despite great potential for development, small production scale, outdated technology, and lack of investment capital have limited the competitiveness of craft village enterprises in the market.
Difficult in many ways but do not give up the job
Vietnam is known for its rich and diverse craft village culture, from ceramics, carpentry, embroidery, to handicraft production. In particular, Hanoi is known as the “Land of a Hundred Crafts” with the total number of craft villages accounting for 56% of the country.
At the Dialogue Conference to remove difficulties and promote production and business for enterprises, cooperatives, and production and business households operating in craft villages organized by the City People's Committee on the morning of July 5, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen said that Hanoi currently has 1,350 craft villages and villages with occupations, of which 331 craft villages, traditional occupations and traditional craft villages are recognized by the City. The production value of Hanoi's craft villages currently reaches more than 24,000 billion VND.
However, one of the biggest challenges that craft village enterprises are facing today is the difficulty in accessing capital to develop and expand production.
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Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen spoke at the Conference. |
At the conference, dozens of businesses expressed the difficulties they are facing and made recommendations on planning, infrastructure, tourism and craft village environment; support policies for craft villages in terms of loans, training... and a group of issues related to science and technology, trade promotion, branding and raw material regional linkages.
Sharing about the difficulties in capital that have not been resolved for a long time, Ms. Nguyen Thi Luong, Hien Luong Bamboo and Rattan Export Company (Phu Tuc Commune, Phu Xuyen District) - a unit specializing in handicrafts with 95% of products exported to European and American markets, said that in the past, the Company received a lot of support from the City in vocational training, especially export goods are supported 100% in tax rates, so the procedures are quick and convenient...
However, the Company still faces difficulties in transportation costs and lack of premises for production. Ms. Luong proposed that the City remove difficulties in premises and capital sources to develop production and business; support trade promotion, especially participation in international fairs.
The lack of production space not only reduces the ability to expand the business scale but also affects product quality and delivery progress. High transportation costs are also a significant financial burden, increasing product prices and reducing competitiveness in the market. Therefore, it is necessary to remove these difficulties for craft village enterprises to develop sustainably.
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Luong, Hien Luong Bamboo and Rattan Export Company (Phu Tuc Commune, Phu Xuyen District) expressed her opinion at the Conference. |
Similarly, Mr. Dong Quang Chinh, Director of Duc Anh Cooperative, also presented difficulties in costs of participating in promotion programs, in trade connection activities... and proposed that the City create favorable conditions to support businesses to participate in displaying and introducing craft village products in provinces and cities across the country and abroad, creating many playgrounds for businesses and production facilities to exchange and promote trade...
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of Thang Long Fine Arts Company Limited (Thiet Binh village, Van Ha commune, Dong Anh district) also said that although the Company has achieved many successes in preserving and developing traditional fine arts products, it still faces many difficulties in capital to expand production and improve product quality.
Therefore, Mr. Thang hopes that the City will create favorable conditions to attract investment capital to develop the industry so that the Company can expand production, improve product quality and develop new distribution channels.
Coordinate to remove difficulties for businesses
After listening to the opinions of craft village enterprises, representatives of the City's departments and branches answered the questions. Responding to the issue of loans, a representative of the State Bank of Vietnam, Hanoi branch, said that the banking sector has been implementing many policies and solutions to increase credit growth; promoting feasible solutions for credit packages and preferential policies to support and increase access to credit for people and businesses.
Recently, the Bank has coordinated with units to organize conferences to solve capital problems for enterprises and craft villages; has policies and mechanisms to adjust tax extension, tax reduction, and debt term adjustment for enterprises. The Bank has been providing solutions to increase credit growth, support enterprises and customers to access credit sources through cost-saving solutions, reduce lending interest rates; has the best credit package products and preferential loan products for enterprises, especially craft village enterprises to access...
Answering the questions of Ms. Nguyen Thi Luong, Hien Luong Bamboo and Rattan Export Company (Phu Tuc Commune, Phu Xuyen District), Ms. Nguyen Kieu Oanh, Deputy Director in charge of Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, said that support for enterprises to promote foreign trade is provided in 2 forms: If the participating enterprise has a booth, it will be supported 100% of the cost; If the enterprise participates in the fair but does not have a booth, it will be supported with air tickets...
Regarding Phu Tuc Industrial Cluster, the Deputy Director in charge of Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade said that the technical infrastructure of the Industrial Cluster has been completed. Currently, there are 26 small-scale production establishments in the commune that have registered to operate in this cluster. "We hope that Phu Xuyen district will continue to call on enterprises and small-scale business households to participate in the Industrial Cluster. The Department of Industry and Trade always shares difficulties with enterprises in the spirit of accompanying and providing maximum support to enterprises, especially craft village enterprises," the Deputy Director in charge of Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade emphasized.
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Mr. Nguyen Anh Duong, Director of the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion of Hanoi City, answered questions from businesses at the Conference. |
Regarding the promotion issue, Mr. Nguyen Anh Duong, Director of the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion of Hanoi City, said that supporting businesses to participate in displaying and introducing products so that businesses and production facilities can exchange and promote trade is one of the important tasks assigned by the City People's Committee to the Center.
In recent times, the Center has coordinated with relevant units to organize and participate in many fairs and exhibitions in Hanoi and other localities across the country. At these fairs, the Center has built spaces to display, introduce and demonstrate craft village products to promote and introduce products to tourists as well as businesses, distribution systems and importers. With this purpose, the results have provided businesses with opportunities to promote and introduce products to domestic and foreign consumers.
Notably, in early 2024, the Center organized a promotion fair in Laos, in which nearly ten handicraft products from Hanoi participated and were introduced and promoted to the Lao people. "In the coming time, we will report to Hanoi City to continue organizing similar fair programs so that OCOP products and craft village products of establishments and businesses can reach consumers," said Mr. Nguyen Anh Duong.
At the same time, the Center will continue to organize major programs such as Regional Specialties, events celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital such as: Hanoi Days in Dien Bien, Hanoi Days in Ho Chi Minh City... The Center hopes to connect with associations and businesses to promote craft village products at these programs.
At the Conference, Chairman of the City People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh highly appreciated the opinions shared by enterprises and craft village cooperatives. Currently, the revenue of Hanoi's craft villages alone reaches about 1 billion USD, accounting for 1/50 of the value of Hanoi's production. Especially creating jobs for hundreds of thousands of workers in rural areas. More importantly, it is the place where we preserve, conserve and promote the unique cultural values of Vietnam; bring culture to the world, and exchange with the world.
The Chairman of the City People's Committee affirmed that the Party Committee and the entire government system pay great attention to enterprises, cooperatives, and production and business households operating in craft villages. "Sometimes and places, the lack of attention from authorities at all levels has caused many difficulties in this field; the expected results have not yet been achieved, the inherent strengths of craft villages and the advantages of the capital...", the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee frankly stated.
Therefore, the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee clearly stated his point of view: "We must think big and do big, cooperate with each other, especially in accessing science and technology, markets, promoting international trade..."
“Currently, the City is focusing on implementing the revised Law on the Capital. This is an opportunity to issue specific and strong mechanisms and policies of the City to promote the preservation and sustainable development of craft villages in the Capital,” emphasized Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh.
The head of the City People's Committee pledged to always accompany the business community and entrepreneurs of the capital; continue to resolutely implement solutions to support and resolve difficulties for craft village enterprises; especially continue to remove difficulties and obstacles in handling administrative procedures, improve the investment and business environment... towards building a "Cultured, civilized, modern" Hanoi.
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