Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) –The central province of Thua Thien Hue sees tourism as an important tool topreserve and develop handicraft villages in its villages’ development plan to2020 with a vision to 2030.
From now to 2020, the plan aimsto develop 10 handicraft villages and make them tourist destinations.
Those villages are the Huebronze moulding village in Hue city, the Phuoc Tich ceramic village and the MyXuyen wooden-carving village in Phong Dien district, the Thanh Thuy conical hatvillage in Huong Thuy town, the My Lam conical hat village in Phu Vangdistrict, the two Zeng textile villages in A Luoi districts, the Bao La bambooweaving village in Quang Dien district, the Sinh folk painting village, and theThanh Tien paper flower village in Phu Vang district.
Thua Thien-Hue has 92 handicraftvillages, of which 42 are traditional handicraft ones with a long history.
Phan Ngoc Tho, Standing ViceChairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee, said it is important torevive handicraft villages along with developing tourism and brands.
The move is part of theprovince’s efforts toward the goal of attracting over five million visitors by2020, and over seven million by 2030, making it one of the leading tourismdestinations of the nation and in the region.-VNA
