Criteria for Recognizing Traditional Occupations, Craft Villages, Traditional Craft Villages

To be recognized as a traditional craft, craft village, or traditional craft village, the following criteria must be met:

1. Activities in rural trades such as:

- Processing and preserving agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products;- Producing handicrafts;- Processing materials for rural trade production;- Producing wooden products, bamboo and rattan weaving, ceramics, glass, textiles, fibers, embroidery, knitting, and small-scale machinery;- Producing and trading ornamental creatures;- Producing salt;- Services supporting production and rural residential life.

2. Criteria for recognizing traditional crafts:

- The craft has existed locally for over 50 years and continues to develop up to the time of the recognition proposal.- The craft produces products reflecting the ethnic cultural identity.- The craft is associated with the name of one or several artisans or the name of the craft village.

3. Criteria for recognizing craft villages:

- At least 20% of the total households in the locality participate in one or more of the activities or rural trades specified in Article 4 of Decree 52.- Stable business operations for a minimum of 2 consecutive years up to the time of the recognition proposal.- Compliance with the current legal regulations on environmental protection for craft villages.

4. Criteria for recognizing traditional craft villages:

A traditional craft village must meet the criteria for a craft village mentioned above and have at least one traditional craft as specified in criterion number 2.

Decree 52/2018/ND-CP, effective from June 1, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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