The President affirmed that the Party and State have always paid close attention to and highly valued the development of craft villages and artisans. Numerous guidelines and policies have been issued to provide opportunities for artisans to grow, express their talent and creativity, and preserve traditional cultural products rich in identity.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the northern province of Bac Giang recently hosted its eighth biennial Quan ho (love duet) singing, spotlighting the enduring legacy of the centuries-old musical tradition recognised by the UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage element of humanity.
Ceramic sculptures depicting different postures of dragon – one of the four sacred animals in Vietnamese culture, are on display at an on-going exhibition in Hanoi.
Online sale has supported craft villages in the capital city of Hanoi in increasing revenue, reducing costs, and improving their competitive edge. Therefore, authorities need to pen rational policies to encourage the development of e-commerce in this area.
President Vo Van Thuong met with over 100 outstanding handicraft artisans and workers who are attending the Vietnam Craft Villages Preservation and Development Festival 2023, in Hanoi on November 9.
The “Vietnam’s quintessence in gems” collection, belonging to gem collector Hong Trang in Hanoi, brings together thousands of types of gems with an ethereal glow.
To make cuisine become the strength of tourism sector in the capital city, Hanoi’s Department of Tourism will promote Michelin-winning culinary establishments and many other activities.
The Hanoi Amateur Water Puppet Festival 2023 will be held in late April and early May, aiming at preserving Vietnam’s unique intangible heritage and meeting the public’s demand, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.
Located 49 kilometres south of Quang Ngai city, Pho Khanh commune in Duc Pho town has been renowned for its pottery for hundreds of years. Despite various ups and downs, the craft village has developed its reputation far and wide thanks to the preservation efforts of local people.
While pottery villages now mainly use moulds, artisans in the Thanh Ha ancient pottery village in the central province of Quang Nam have retained their traditional method of making pottery - by made and wheel.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 19 received a delegation of 92 outstanding patriarchs and heads of villages and artisans of ethnic minority groups, who have made great contributions to the preservation and promotion of the groups’ cultural traditions.
If pottery villages now mainly use molds, artisan in the Thanh Ha ancient pottery village in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam, have kept their traditional method of making pottery - hand made and wheel thrown.
The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town's Dong Mo on the outskirts of Hanoi has brought together 15 ethnic minority groups during the 2015-2020 period.
It's a bright sunny day in Ho Village in the northern province of Bac Ninh, and locals awake to the sound of machines printing votive money for the dead as they set about their daily routines.
Coats Phong Phu, a joint venture of UK-based Coats Group plc and Phong Phu Corporation, recently provided yarn worth over 1 billion VND (43,900 USD) for “zeng” weaving establishments in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, aiming to preserve and develop the local traditional weaving.
The culture, sports, and tourism festival for ethnic minority communities in the Vietnam-Laos border area, central region, and Central Highlands regions will be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from May 17-19 under the theme “Solidarity, friendship, and development”.
Students of ethnic minority backgrounds or those attending ethnic minority boarding schools will wear traditional costumes two days per week and during festivals, under a project approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
From April 19-22, the Culture and Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups will host various activities marking Vietnam’s Ethnic Culture Day (April 4).
