There is a need to introduce a seal for Sarawak-made handicraft to distinguish them from the fakes.
Sarawak Tourism Federation president Wee Hong Seng said the seal could carry the name and origin of the handicraft maker and should be recognised by the Sarawak Craft Council.
He said the move was to protect the [...]

The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage Malaysia (KEKKWA) is organising the Titian Budaya programme for the second time this year.
KEKKWA with the cooperation of Indonesias Culture and Tourism Department has scheduled the event on 16 and 17 December 2006 at the Jakarta Convention Centre, Indonesia.
The inaugural Titian Budaya Programme was held at Negara Brunei [...]

Jammu and Kashmir Handicrafts Development Corporation will organise trade fairs in the country and abroad in the coming months to explore marketing avenues for its handicraft products.
A series of textile-cum-cultural shows in metropolitan cities of Mumbai, Banglore, Kolkata and Hyderabad will be held and the government has already allocated Rs 50 lakh for this, JKHDC [...]

Thirty-two businesses from Vietnam are displaying typical handicraft items, including products made of rattan and bamboo and embroideries, at the 1st ASEAN Arts and Crafts Festival 2006 which opened in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on November 29.
Nearly 100 Vietnamese artisans, artists and fashion designers have taken part in the festival where 60 sets of traditional Vietnamese dresses [...]

Vietnam currently has 2,017 traditional handicraft villages which employ around 11 million rural labourers, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vietnam’s handicraft products have been exported to over 100 countries and territories worldwide, earning a total of US$600 million each year.
The Industry Ministry plans to pour VND92.4 billion into the handicraft and [...]

Japanese experts outlined their market’s requirements for fine arts and handicraft products and gave advice on product design to Vietnamese enterprises hoping to export to this market at a seminar at a seminar in Hanoi on November 14.
Officials from relevant ministries and managers of handicraft businesses joined more than 150 representatives from craft villages at [...]

Around 260 businesses are joining in a Trade Villages Exhibition and Vietnam Handicraft Products Competition 2006 which opened yesterday at the Vietnam Agriculture Exhibition and Marketing Centre in Hanoi.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Bach Quoc Khang, Head of Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, head of the exhibition’s organising board, said the exhibition, [...]

RIYADH - Interior Minister Prince Naif will inaugurate here today a high-profile conference and exhibition featuring handicrafts, arts and tourism products from Islamic countries.
This event, the first of its kind with a mandate by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to promote handicrafts and tourism products, is being supported by the Supreme Commission for [...]

Saudi Arabia is to host an exhibition of Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) member states’ tourism and handicrafts industries on November 7-14 in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
The seven-day exhibition will showcase tourism attractions in these Islamic countries along with their arts and handicrafts.
Enterprising handicraft innovators will receive awards during the exhibition.
A number of Iranian tourism [...]

Three Vietnamese handicraft products were awarded in recognition of excellent quality of hand-made craft products from Asia-Pacific, announced UNESCO branch in Hanoi Thursday.
The three prize-winning product lines included ceramic vases by Tran Minh Kinh workshop, Bat Trang potteries by Chuc Hung workshop and lacquer bowls by the Kim Ma workshop.
The three acknowledged products [...]