The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has planned a panoply of activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, which falls on February 11-17 this year.
Dozens of ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions and international organisations in Hanoi gathered to enjoy pho (Vietnamese traditional noodle soup) during a gala night held in the city on December 10 to honour this ‘quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine’.
A series of events are in place to celebrate the Day of Pho (December 12) in Hanoi, in an effort to promote Vietnam’s world-famous traditional noodle dish.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt on Nov. 30 held a photo exhibition on Vietnamese landscapes and people together with art performances and culinary showcase in Cairo. This is part of activities to mark the 57th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Egypt diplomatic ties (Sep. 1, 1963 – Sep. 1, 2020).
Pham Anh Dao is the 19th generation descendant of Pham Ngu Chi’s family, who has a long tradition of crafting pottery products in Bat Trang village, Gia Lam district in Hanoi.
Vietnam’s Newday Media JSC has recently won a gold prize in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Travel & Tourism category of the 17th Stevie Awards for its organisation of the Muong Lo Culture & Tourism Festival 2019.
The Kieu Ky gold laminating craft village (Gia Lam district, Hanoi) has a history of about 400 years. Through ups and downs, people still retain their traditional profession with stages that require ingenuity and sophistication.
Mid-Autumn Festival Tale is a project of a cultural researcher named Trinh Bach to revive a part of Vietnamese tales based on 6 poems about the Vietnamese ancient Mid-Autumn tale, which includes 6 characters living on the moon appears in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In recent years, the preservation and development of water puppetry has been paid attention by many localities, including the northern province of Nam Dinh.
Clay statues are a traditional type of toy in Vietnam and popular during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lunar New Year (Tet). They are usually figurines of animals, like turtles and birds, or people dressed in traditional outfits. Today they have lost their popularity, however, and Phùng Đình Giáp and his wife are among the last artisans to still make them.
Artisan Dao Van Soan is dedicated to the preservation of the nation’s music with a hope of fueling youths’ love for traditional musical instruments as well as providing young people with related knowledge and skills.
Truong Quan Tinh, who has 40 years of experience in making lacquerware, is worried about the decline of Tuong Binh Hiep Village in Thu Dau Mot City in the southern province of Binh Duong.
Located in Chuyen My commune, Phu Xuyen district, 40 km from Hanoi, Chuon Ngo village (or another name is Ngo Ha) has gained renown as a famous Mother-of- pearl inlaid village for thousands years.
The return of traditional toys for Mid-Autumn Festival has helped revive many craft villages. In recent days, the bustling atmosphere is everywhere in Ong Hao Village, Lieu Xa Commune, Yen My District in the northern province of Hung Yen, as locals prepare handmade toys for the event.
Artisans in Da Sy, considered the top knife and scissor making village in Thang Long – a former name of Hanoi – always ask their descendants and apprentices to develop a strong work ethic and to produce quality items so as to sustain their craft.
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