U Aung/Xinhua
Myanmar has a long tradition of producing handicrafts ranging from wood carving to lacquerware to sword making, but this has been slow to turn into an organised industry even as the market for these items has risen.
Myanmar’s handicraft market for both local and foreign buyers has grown in the last couple of years, and venues to buy those items have expanded from historical pagodas and Bogyoke market to art galleries and shopping malls.
