Quang Nam: Int’l Silk and Brocade Culture Festival opens

The 2017 Vietnam-Asia Silk and Brocade Culture Festival opens in Hoi An silk village in the central province of Quang Nam on June 12.
Quang Nam: Int’l Silk and Brocade Culture Festival opens ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)

Quang Nam (VNA) – The 2017 Vietnam-Asia Silk andBrocade Culture Festival opens in Hoi An silk village in the central provinceof Quang Nam on June 12.

The two-day event, part of the sixth Quang Nam HeritageFestival, attracts the participation of silk producers from China, India,Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar and artisans from 12Vietnamese brocade and silk trade villages.

The event, the third of its kind, aims to honour traditionalsilk and brocade culture, intensify connectivity and seek market for Vietnamesesilk and brocade products.

Visitors were offered a chance to watch silk fashion showsfeaturing 18 collections by local and foreign designers.

A workshop themed “silk in the modern lifestyle and measuresto develop the Vietnamese silk industry” is expected to be held within thetwo-day festival.

The sixth Quang Nam Heritage Festival is taking place fromJune 7 to 14 in the cities of Tam Ky and Hoi An and some other parts of theprovince.

It includes an international chorus contest from June 7 to11 featuring more than 1,000 artists from 10 countries and territories, aninternational kite festival from June 8 to 11, the Quang Nam Heritage Fair fromJune 9 to 14, the World Windsurfing Championships from June 11 to 14,  and an international food festival from June12 to 14.-VNA
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