Industry promotion contributes greatly to economic growth

Capacity building for craft villages
The city's 2017 industrial promotion plan was officially promulgated in April 2017 with 15 activities. According to the Department of Industry and Trade, by the end of 2017, the unit has coordinated with related departments and localities to implement 13/15 contents with remarkable results.
Specifically, the department has organized 40 vocational training courses for 1,400 rural workers focusing on handicrafts such as bamboo rattan, lacquer, In the end, the students have the basic skills to do the products to meet the market demand. Many vocational training courses, the number of trainees after training 85%. Along with that, the Department also organized 15 training courses on industrial promotion policies and start-ups for 1,500 business owners, rural industrial establishments and management staff.

In 2017, supporting the renovation of machinery and technology village is still identified by the Department of Industry and Commerce as one of the important activities. TP has supported 12 rural industrial establishments to invest in applying advanced and modern technologies, contributing to raising productivity and minimizing environmental pollution. After the investment, enterprises have produced stable, contributing to create thousands of jobs for workers. Identifying product models is a weakness of the craft villages, so many years, the Department of Industry and Commerce has many activities to improve the design capacity for artisans and production facilities. 16 units were consulted to design 106 new products to serve the market in 2018 ...
Strengthening trade links
Export activities are considered as a vital direction of the city's handicraft industry. Therefore, activities to support craft villages to promote products, seek customers to expand the market. to be especially respected. In particular, the highlight is the Hanoi Gift Show (Hanoi Gift Show 2017). "The scale of the Fair is increasing, the quality of enterprises and products are enhanced. As a result, the fair is considered to be a part of the international fair of handicraft supply for global importers, the annual destination of prestigious importers, "said Hoang Xuan. Mr. Thuy - Director of Industrial Promotion and Consultant Center for Industrial Development, Department of Industry and Trade.
This year, the fair has attracted 245 enterprises, domestic and foreign production facilities to participate; There were 12,155 domestic and foreign visitors (21.35% compared to 2016), including 615 foreign importers and 3,000 domestic trade visitors. There were 1,285 transactions, a memorandum of understanding, a written agreement, a product consumption contract signed between visitors to the fair and business. In addition, the Department of Industry and Trade also organizes businesses to participate in many international fairs in the country such as Lifestyle 2017; Fair in Singapore, Germany, Hongkong (China) ...
Good numbers
According to Hoang Xuan Thuy, in reality, the industrial promotion program in Hanoi still faces many difficulties. However, industrial extension has made a great contribution to the overall development of the city. Specifically, contributing to industrial production value increased 7.3% compared to 2016. Of which, the value of rural industrial production reached 89.475 trillion, up 11% compared with 2016; Production value of craft villages is estimated at VND20 trillion, up 33.33% compared to 2016; Export turnover of arts and crafts reached USD 187 million, up 5.5%.
The number of rural industrial workers in 2017 will reach over 417,000 people, of which 10,000 new jobs will be created through the promotion activities. The average income of labor is 47.16 million VND / year (up 13.07% compared to 2016). According to leaders of the Center for Industry Promotion and Industrial Development Consultancy in Hanoi, in 2018, Hanoi aims to increase the value of rural industrial production by 10% compared to 2017 (estimated at 98,000 billion VND). Of which the production value of handicraft villages increased 10-12%, export turnover of handicrafts increased 6.9% ...
To achieve these objectives, the Center has reported to the Department of Industry and Trade to submit to the City People's Committee for approval of the local industrial promotion plan in 2018. Accordingly, the Department of Industry and Trade will continue to coordinate with departments and localities to support Rural industrial production establishments in activities such as propagation and transplantation; training; connection of supply and demand of raw materials; To support the investment in the application of advanced and modern machinery and equipment into production; Assisting enterprises to participate in domestic and international fairs ...