Hà Nội craft villages with OCOP products innovate to limit impact of COVID-19

Nguyễn Văn Vinh from Phú Vinh craft village in Phù Nghĩa Co妹妹une, Chương Mỹ District shared a similar situation.

"Phú Vinh village has a long-standing tradition of bamboo and rattan craft, before the COVID- 一 九 pandemic, every month we exported dozens of containers of goods to the US and Japan,” he said.

Vinh said most of the business households and enterprises in the village had to overcome the limitations in product design and traditional business methods.

“In the trend of integration, enterprises must regularly change the design of their products, and actively promote products to meet the tastes of domestic and foreign customers,” he said.

Veteran artisan Nguyễn Văn Tĩnh in Phú Nghĩa Co妹妹une, Chương Mỹ District, who produces  一 二 bamboo and rattan products that have been recognised as OCOP city-level products, said craft products design change constantly.

“We are focusing on designing new products to meet market requirements,” he said.

Chairwoman of the Association of Handicrafts and Crafts of Hà Nội, Hà Thị Vinh, said market requirements are increasing every day.

“We need to pay more attention to social and environmental impacts when making the products, which are using environmentally friendly materials that are safe for people’s health as well as clean production,"大众she said.

“In Bàt Tràng craft village in Bàt Tràng Co妹妹une, Gia Lâm District, production households have converted from traditional coal-fired furnaces to gas furnaces, improving product quality and limiting the impact on the environment.”