Ceramics festival helps build brands

Visitors view this record-breaking ceramic bowl called “Van Lang” made by Minh Long Co with gold plating - Photo: Hoai Nam

HCMC – Binh Duong Province’s Ceramics Festival that ended on Wednesday set nine new national records for ceramics and helped build brand names and development strategies for the industry.

According to organizers, about 50,000 people a day, mostly from Binh Duong and HCMC, visited the festival called “Vietnamese ceramics – a combination of traditions, texture and development”. A Vietnamese collection of antique ceramics broke one of the nine records set at the expo.

For the first time under one roof, visitors saw ceramics made by artisans across the country and could view the history of their development.

The festival was a first for Vietnam and Binh Duong which has contributed 70% of ceramics exports in recent years. The festival assembled 19 handicraft villages and more than 50 ceramics manufacturers across the country.

Experts and manufacturers at a conference held by the Binh Duong Ceramics Association shared about brand building and market strategy for local ceramics, Tuoi Tre reported.

Vietnamese ceramics have been competing with products from countries including India, Mexico and especially China in import markets such as the U.S. and Europe as well as locally. Hence, having a brand name and a marketing strategy for both export and local markets is vital. Many pottery villages needed to update to more modern technology, the conference heard.

The exhibition was also useful for manufacturers to listen to customers’ feedback.

Some Vietnamese ceramics such as Minh Long ceramics and earthenware and porcelain products from Bat Trang and Bau Truc have already developed a reputation in importing countries.

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Big enterprises benefit from tax mechanism

The Big Enterprise Management Department has been set up to help giants treat and remove obstacles related to taxes and streamline tax payment procedures.

The new tax mechanism under the General Taxation Department benefits 405 out of 500,000 enterprises operational across the country. Of them 80 percent are corporations either owned by the State or with the State as a major shareholder, including groups and corporations in key industries such as oil and gas, electricity, mining, post and telecommunications and banking.

In the first step, the General Taxation Department is to issue digital identities for the target population to allow tax forms to be completed online.

Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan explained that it was a necessary step, as these enterprises play a very important role in socio-political and economic development, paying up to 70 percent of gross tax revenues.

Dam Thi Huyen, Deputy General Director of Petrolimex, which now runs hundreds of branches and member companies across the country, lauded the move as “an important step” to help solve overlapping enterprise guidelines, management and inspection work.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) said it will submit to the Government a proposal on a number of special mechanisms and policies in favour of major enterprises, not limited to taxes and customs procedures.

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Big enterprises benefit from tax mechanism

The Big Enterprise Management Department has been set up to help giants
treat and remove obstacles related to taxes and streamline tax payment
procedures.

The new tax mechanism under the
General Taxation Department benefits 405 out of 500,000 enterprises
operational across the country. Of them 80 percent are corporations
either owned by the State or with the State as a major shareholder,
including groups and corporations in key industries such as oil and gas,
electricity, mining, post and telecommunications and banking.

In the first step, the General Taxation Department is to issue
digital identities for the target population to allow tax forms to be
completed online.

Deputy Minister of Finance Do
Hoang Anh Tuan explained that it was a necessary step, as these
enterprises play a very important role in socio-political and economic
development, paying up to 70 percent of gross tax revenues.

Dam Thi Huyen, Deputy General Director of Petrolimex, which now runs
hundreds of branches and member companies across the country, lauded the
move as “an important step” to help solve overlapping enterprise
guidelines, management and inspection work.

The
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) said it will submit to
the Government a proposal on a number of special mechanisms and policies
in favour of major enterprises, not limited to taxes and customs
procedures./.

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