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The Support Arts and Craft International Centre of
Thailand (SACICT) is located on the left bank of the Chao Phraya River
at Chang Yai Sub-District, Bang Sai District, next to the Bang Sai Arts
and Crafts Center, on an area of over 18 acres. It comprises 2 main
buildings, Phra Ming Mongkhon Hall, a large three-storey building, as
the display and exhibition center of craft products for export, with a
usable area of 34,340 square meter, and the Marketing Building for
Bang Sai Center Products, with an area of 7,000 square meters, which
was completed in July 2004.
The Ministry of Commerce presented the Support
Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand (public Organization)
as a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand, at the special
function entitled Support Atrs and Crafts International Centre of
Thailand paying tribute to the Great Queen of Siam on the Auspicious
72nd Birthday Anniversary held during August 2004.
Within SACICT, the exhibition are on the 1st
floor is where prime craft products selected from 76 rovinces all over
the country are put on display in the revolving exhibits changed every
3 months. Products that are of extraordinary beauty are permanently
displayed in the Hall of Fame to be appraised by tourists and the
general public on a wide scale. Also, craft products of the Bang Sai
Folk Arts and Crafts Center which won prizes at an international level
are on display.
Moreover, there is the Support shop, as the
outlet of craft products made by trainees at the Bang Sai Folk Arts and
Crafts Center, and from other Support Centres around the country, 22 in
number. There is also the OTOP shop, where OTOP goods from all over the
country are on sale.
The 3rd floor of SACICT serves as the area for
trade negotiations, where craft products are marketed and distributed
to the market on a wide scale.
For more information, visit www.sacict.net
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