Vietnamese Businesses Attend Handicraft Fair in Algeria
Some eleven Vietnamese fine arts and handicrafts businesses participated in the 13th International Fine Arts and Handicrafts Exhibition opened in Algiers, Algeria, on Mar. 28.
The exhibition also attracted the participation of as many as 304 Algerian enterprises and 83 others from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Vietnamese traditional handicrafts, including lacquer works, products made of rattan-bamboo-wood, porcelains, ceramics and silks have lured much attention from foreign visitors.
The exhibition, thus, is a nice opportunity for Vietnamese business to promote handicraft products at foreign markets and then expand outlets.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mustapha Benbada, Algerian Minister of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Chairman of the Algeria-Viet Nam Joint Committee highlighted the importance placed by the Algerian Government on the local handicrafts industry.
The Algerian government has allocated 5 billion Dinars to develop the handicrafts industry, he said.
Fine arts and handicrafts have been acknowledged as potential products for Vietnamese exports in the future, expecting to generate in some US$662 million in export turnover this year and $1.5 billion by 2010.
Vietnamese handicraft exports have been presented to around 120 countries and territories worldwide with the US, EU and Japan emerging as the biggest importers.
Last year, the country earned around $572 million from fine arts and handicraft products.
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