Thirteen traditional craft villages in Ho Chi Minh City will bepreserved and developed by 2018 if a proposal by the municipalDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development is approved.
The department’s deputy director, Le Hong Hoanh, said the plan wassubmitted recently to city’s People’s Committee for consideration.
The city has 19 craft villages of which these 13 are the oldest and have the largest number of workers, she said.
They include the Thai My knitting village and Phu Hoa Dong girdle cakevillage in Cu Chi district; Binh Loi flower and ornamental plantvillage and Le Minh Xuan incense making village in Binh Chanh district;Quy Nhon salt village in Can Gio district; Xuan Thoi traditional matweaving village in Hoc Mon district and the ornamental flower village inGo Vap district.
Work to keep the 13 villages going would bedone between 2013 and 2015, Hoanh said. It includes restoring onevillage whose craft is in danger of disappearing and preserving sixothers.
After 2015, promotional activities would be undertakenand more outlets would be found forthe villages’ products to make themsustainable.
While agreeing with the need to preserve anddevelop craft villages, Vice Chairman of the city People’s Committee LeMinh Tri, however, said 13 were too many and would spread the resourcestoo thin.
He also wanted the department to spell out whichvillages would be developed for economic purposed and which for culturalpurposes.
“This classification will enable the citygovernment to provide proper support policies to ensure effectiveness ineach case,” he said.
The plan should also focus on developingnew craft villages, he said, pointing out that this would enableofficial agencies to manage, protect the environment, and mobilise allresources.
Studying the demand for training at traditionalcraft villages is key to having an effective training programme toensure supply of human sources for preservation and development.
The 19 crafts villages in the city provide employment for some 4,497 households with 13,400 members.-VNA
The department’s deputy director, Le Hong Hoanh, said the plan wassubmitted recently to city’s People’s Committee for consideration.
The city has 19 craft villages of which these 13 are the oldest and have the largest number of workers, she said.
They include the Thai My knitting village and Phu Hoa Dong girdle cakevillage in Cu Chi district; Binh Loi flower and ornamental plantvillage and Le Minh Xuan incense making village in Binh Chanh district;Quy Nhon salt village in Can Gio district; Xuan Thoi traditional matweaving village in Hoc Mon district and the ornamental flower village inGo Vap district.
Work to keep the 13 villages going would bedone between 2013 and 2015, Hoanh said. It includes restoring onevillage whose craft is in danger of disappearing and preserving sixothers.
After 2015, promotional activities would be undertakenand more outlets would be found forthe villages’ products to make themsustainable.
While agreeing with the need to preserve anddevelop craft villages, Vice Chairman of the city People’s Committee LeMinh Tri, however, said 13 were too many and would spread the resourcestoo thin.
He also wanted the department to spell out whichvillages would be developed for economic purposed and which for culturalpurposes.
“This classification will enable the citygovernment to provide proper support policies to ensure effectiveness ineach case,” he said.
The plan should also focus on developingnew craft villages, he said, pointing out that this would enableofficial agencies to manage, protect the environment, and mobilise allresources.
Studying the demand for training at traditionalcraft villages is key to having an effective training programme toensure supply of human sources for preservation and development.
The 19 crafts villages in the city provide employment for some 4,497 households with 13,400 members.-VNA
