Lao silk, jewellery designs win Asean awards
Lao silk and jewellery businesses won two top Asean awards at the Ramon Magsaysay and Asean Jewellery Design Awards 2015.
The Lao Handicraft Association committee held a press conference to announce the winners at the Lao Journalist's Association in Vientiane yesterday.
The committee for the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015 recently announced the five businesspeople from India, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines who won the award.
Ms Kommaly Chanthavong a businesswoman in Lao traditional silks got the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015, which is highly prized in Asia.
In her statement at the press conference, Ms Kommaly Chanthavong said “I've been in the Lao traditional silk business for a long time and before I won this award I have brought Lao silk into contests with many countries in Asia.”
“I had not expected that my product would win this award until I received the call from the committee of the Ramon Magsaysay Award”, she said.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is organised by the Ramon Magsaysay Association in the Philippines and is highly prized throughout Asia.
At the press conference it was also announced that Phouvong Phamisith, a jewellery designer and producer from Laos was the winner of the Asean Jewellery Design Competition Award 2015.
This annual award reviews entries from the 10 Asean countries and this year chose the winning designs by Phouvong after a contest held in Thailand recently.
