Vietnam Craft Information Center

There's only almost 2 months left for the opening of LifeStyle Vietnam - the first professional and international handicraft and furniture fair in Vietnam. Up to now, over 600 booths have been booked by the exhibitors. The LifeStyle has really become a festival of handicraft and furniture exporters in Vietnam and all the companies are very excited for the event.

Vietnam is well known in South East Asia for its diversified production of handicrafts, furniture and gifts. Nearly 4,000 small and medium entreprises are working in these sectors. Vietnamese handicraft and furniture products are being exported all over the world.

On 18th January, 2010 Mr Sotaro Nishikawa – Director of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) sent an official invitation letter  to visit LifeStyle Vietnam 2010 to Japanese importers of handicraft, furniture and gift.

Naturally, we checked out the Pantone's color forecast display at the Home and Housewares show again this year. It is always one of our favorite parts of the show - seeing the colors and trends that the experts say we will be wanting in our homes a year from now. Jump below for the three palettes we think are most interesting...

After visiting the world’s premier design fairs and speaking with industry leaders in interior design, creative retail and product development, we’ve compiled a primer of the styles to watch and the products to snag in the new year

Four patterns: stripes of all sizes and colors, houndstooth, Greek Key and “the bubble”, will dominate textiles, lighting, tabletop, furnishings and decorative accessories for 2010

The EUWEC from Holand - a group of experts on marketing and product development paid a visit to Vietcraft office and some of its member enterprises from the 14th - 18th, December 2009. The EUWEC experts have been working continuously on inviting the European customers to LifeStyle Vietnam 2010.

Hanoi, 23 – 24/11/2009, the Swiss Import Promotion Program (SIPPO) and Vietcraft organized a workshop on “European Market and Product Development” to which the participation of over 30 Vietnamese enterprises in handicrafts sector. During the workshop, SIPPO brought out useful yet intensive knowledge of import promotion for handicraft products, décor and gifts sector into Eroupean market.

In November, Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (VIETCRAFT) opens a new reprentative office in Ho Chi Minh city.

Openning a new representative office in Ho Chi Minh city helps Vietcraft support handicraft manufacturers and exporters in the South area;

National trade promotion program 2010 of Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft)
Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (Vietcraft) is completing Trade Promotion Programme proposal which will be submitted to Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Viettrade) – under Ministry of Trade. Here are planned trade promotion activities