Handicrafts from seagrass and water-hiacynth in Vietnam

Handicraft products/handmade products are becoming one of the main export products, lies in top ten industries that earns the largest value from exports in Vietnam. Remarkably, handmade products from seagrass, water-hiacynth, rattan, bamboo and straw,..are becoming more and more popular with customers in Vietnam and foreigners.

At present, Vietnamese handmade products are becoming more and more diversed with unique ideas and highly-applied to be suitable with rising and stringent demands from customers. While trade promotion activities are advanced, the diversity of products and consitency of quality are day by day improved to increase competitiveness of handicrafts from Vietnam with products from other countries.

Besides, following the trend of international market, handicraft businesses are trying to create high-quality and atractive products, meet the demands of consuming in Vietnam and for exports. There have been many importers from other countries come and have been advised crefully about models, price, methods of payment and shipping through online websites of these businesses or they can come directly to the factory to visit and do the transactions right there.

Some products are becoming more and more popular with big quantity to other countries such as: seagrass handbags, sandals from seagrass, seagrass cart, water-hiacynth bags, box, bow, carpet made from seagrass and water-hiacynth,…

Every year, to promote exports of handicrafts, there has been a “Fair for Crafts Gifts in Hanoi”. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, this Fair has atracted the interest of more than 1000 importers as well as thousands of customers come and see. This is a special chance for businesses in Vietnam to advertise and popularize their products to foreign businesses in oerder to promote exports. Moreover, this also help Vietnam’s images become more familiar and lively to the world through handicrafts.