Search for: [Abstract = "The research in traditional handicraft villages shows that economy and culture mutually interact in both positive and negative ways since culture is a human resource which not only brings economic benefits, but also strongly impacts the formation of economic mindset, stimulates creativity and enhances people's responsibility to the community. Additionally, Vietnamese small\-scale peasant culture is a condition for arising bad practices of small business, reducing economic development. Economy acts as a material resource for cultural development, contributing to creating a healthy society. However, economy also pushes human into material race, creating psychology of external preferences, while disregarding cultural and traditional values and reducing community cohesion."]
