Chairman of OVOP, Mr. Uchida Tadashi from Oita, Japan and VIRI shall have a working day with Hoa Binh province and Cao Phong orange cooperative on May 18. We hope that OVOP shall help local people to create value added products as well as sustainable and beautiful life.

VIRI is honor to represent some producer communities to lead the CLMV zone – where the tradition meets contemporary concept. This is the first preparatory step for the Textile Tour in CLMV countries led by VIRI and VIETCRAFT. Please support us.

Viri shall send Shan tea sample to join World Tea Contest which will be held in Japan in 2018 Premium Seat Company shall support all procedures and fees for Virico to join this competent event.

The leading professor in essential oil in Vietnam shall train Viri/Virico technical staffs on essential oil mixing, using the natural flavor fixing essential oil. In the same time, a Japanese pharmacist expert also offered free to Viri a guiding book on creating new flavor on our current essential oil range. All training and practicing shall be organized in March

In collaboration with Vietcraft, VIRI shall join the Light Festival in Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi in December. VIRI / VIRICO shall introduce different local specialties from VIRI implemented projects.

After 20 years of operation (1997 -2017), VIRI officially organizes an Anniversary Celebration of 20 years of establishment and development to look back at the road to research, preserve and promote traditional trades, together with ethnic minorities and poor women to contribute to the poverty reduction work of the whole country. The Anniversary Celebration will be organized from 9:30 to 12:00 on December 16th, 2017 at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Str., Cau Giay, Hanoi. In this very special event, we would like to invite you all to participate and share. At the event, VIRI supported projects will showcase their technological process as well as their products. Please register and participate with us. Please kindly register through email: yenth@viri.org.vn or viri@viri.org.vn. Tel: 024.3636.8006.

Thanks to great supports of JICA – Japan, VIRI will welcome one Japanese volunteer specializing in marketing and promoting local specialties. The Japanese volunteer shall work during 2 years, starting from October 2017