Recognized as national intangible cultural heritage, Dong Ho painting or Dong Ho folk woodcut painting is a genre of Vietnamese folk painting, stemming from Dong Ho village, Song Ho commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province in the 17th century (Photo:VNA/VNP)) 
Dong Ho painting is special because it is printed by hand entirely from woodblocks. Each painting has one woodblock for the outline and several others for printing a color. The number of the woodcuts corresponds to the number of colours a painting has. The colours of paint are processed from natural materials Vietnam. The woodblocks are engraved by hand and can be kept for many years (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
The colours used for printing Dong Ho paintings are made from natural materials (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
To create the painting 'Prosperity' which portrays a boy holding a duck, Dong Ho artisans have to use five woodblocks to print the different colours (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
Creating a painting with many details requires a lot of woodblocks (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
An artisan finalizes a painting with his hand drawing after it is printed (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
Sun drying the paintings in the front yard of a Dong Ho artisan’s home (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
'Prosperity' is among popular Dong Ho paintings (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
'Corpulent Pig with Suckling Piglets' is among popular Dong Ho paintings (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
The woodcut of the painting 'Boy Sitting on a Buffalo and Playing the Flute' (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
Many foreign visitors choose Dong Ho paintings as souvenirs from Vietnam (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
Artisan Nguyen Thi Oanh shows students how to make a Dong Ho painting (Photo:VNA) 
Patterns of Dong Ho paintings have inspired many ao dai designers (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
Artisan Vu Thi Nguyet Anh from Bao Loc, Lam Dong, has created the Dong Ho painting 'Rat’s Wedding' using butterfly specimens (Photo:VNA/VNP) 
Artisans from Dai Bai village in Bac Ninh have created a bronze painting of 'Scene of Catching Coconuts', a famous Dong Ho painting (Photo: VNA/VNP) 
Decorative objects are created with Dong Ho painting patterns (Photo:VNA/VNP) VNA
