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December, 04 2010 10:04:56

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Participants handle rattan goods at a conference on designing sustainable products for rattan and timber producers and processors yesterday. The event was organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature and Viet Nam Handicraft Exporters Association. Participants included more than 100 students from Viet Nam's Industrial Fine Arts College along with enterprises and designers from the Philippines, Sweden and Norway. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Hue

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