In 2025, Yen Bai aims to recognize four new craft villages, including one in the city, one in Tran Yen, one in Van Chan, and one in Van Yen.
The gemstone painting craft in Yen The town, Luc Yen district, has provided stable income and employment for many local workers
Yen Bai prioritizes the development of craft villages specializing in handicraft production, the preservation and processing of agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products, ornamental plant cultivation and trading, small-scale rural mechanics, and rural service development. The province does not encourage the development of industries with high environmental pollution risks.
To achieve this goal, for existing craft villages, Yen Bai will focus on restoration efforts, organizing festivals and folk cultural activities, and promoting the cultural values of the crafts and craft villages within the framework of cultural tourism development. Additionally, the province will work on preserving and maintaining traditional cultural elements in products and craft techniques while also designing new products suited to the market, enhancing production capacity, and boosting product consumption.
For villages without established crafts, Yen Bai will promote the development of non-agricultural industries through the introduction and expansion of new trades, as well as the development of service industries that support rural production and livelihoods. The province will focus on industries related to agricultural, forestry, and aquatic product processing, post-harvest preservation technology, and the production of mechanical products for agricultural use, with a priority on clean product processing. Efforts will also be made to establish business linkages, attract investment, and facilitate the formation of enterprises, cooperatives, and production partnerships. Additionally, the province will prioritize policies that incentivize, encourage, and support production and business projects.
In addition to striving for the recognition of four new craft villages, Yen Bai aims to achieve several other targets in 2025. These include ensuring that 20% of craft villages have trademark-protected products, 80% of workers in craft villages receive training, retraining, or advanced skill development-including workplace safety and basic information technology knowledge-and 40% of craft villages have products classified under the OCOP program. Furthermore, 100% of production facilities and households in craft villages will be required to comply with environmental protection regulations, while the province will continue to maintain the 13 craft villages already recognized.
Thanh Trung
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