Traditional craft villages of Vietnam honoured at Hue event

by VNA30 April 2023 Last updated at 12:00 PM

Artisans show brocade making techniques at the exhibition space at Tu Tuong Park in Hue city . (Photo: VNA)
Artisans show brocade making techniques at the exhibition space at Tu Tuong Park in Hue city . (Photo: VNA)

A space for exhibiting craft products and honouring artisans and traditional craft villages of Vietnam was opened at Tu Tuong Park in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien - Hue , on April 28.

The event, part of the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, aims to help with the revitalisation, preservation, and promotion of the quintessence of traditional craft villages in Vietnam.

Tran Song, Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hue city, said the space is a highlight of the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, giving artisans from 69 famous traditional craft villages in Thua Thien - Hue and some other localities a chance to share experience. Here, more than 350 artisans from famous craft villages of Thua Thien - Hue, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and the provinces of Hoa Binh, Thai Binh, Ninh Thuan, Quang Nam, and Nghe An will show their skills and steps to make signature products of their villages, including woven, wood, sculptured, lacquer, jewellery, bamboo, rattan, and incense ones.

Visitors to the space will have a chance to not only admire artisans’ skills but also buy products and experience production steps. On this occasion, a space for displaying traditional craft products of foreign cities and organisations also opened, attracting artisans of some renowned traditional crafts from the Republic of Korea and Japan. The exhibition spaces will be open until May 5.

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