HANOI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The export value of Vietnam's handicraft products has averaged 1.6 billion USD per year since 2000, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said on Monday.
The country has 5,411 handicraft villages, of which 1,864 are traditional ones, reported local Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) online newspaper.
Annually, the number of business households in rural areas increases by 8.8-9.8 percent, with a growth rate of about 15 percent, said MARD, adding that craft villages create jobs for about 11 million laborers in rural areas.
