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Export of basketwork from Vietnam in general, and from the Hong Delta in particular, in the past decade has produced encouraging results, helped restore and develop traditional basketry guilds in rural areas. Companies that export basketwork have also played a role as an indispensable nucleus in such guilds. Although the export of this commodity from Vietnam, and from the Hong Delta to be precise, in 2008 and early 2009 met with difficulties cause by the global economic crisis; and many companies operated at subsistence level, there are grounds for believing that the export of basketwork will regain its momentum when the economy passes its crisis. This article tries to analyze main difficulties to production and export of basketwork by companies in the Hong Delta employing result of our survey, and suggest measures to be taken by companies and authorities to deal with difficulties and promote the export of this commodity in the coming years.

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