The policies on developing traditional craft villages in some Asian countries and lessons for Vietnam

Abstract

The paper researches the policies of developing traditional craft villages in some Asian countries, especially Japan and China. Recently, Japan and China have been the two nations which have successfully adopted the policies on developing traditional craft villages. Taking Japan as an example, the policy named “each craft village a career” has been very successfully used and then, it spread to Thailand and other countries in Southest Asia. For China, the government’s policies focused on exports and demand stimulus. From the research, we will earn some experimental lessons to develop craft villages in Viet Nam, particularly the combination of the government’s aid policies and the potential of the craft villages.