A batch of Chu Dau Pottery, a famous product of the northern province of Hai Duong, was shipped to Russia on February 22 opening export activities for the Year of the Tiger 2010.

According to Nguyen Van Luu, Director of the Chu Dau Pottery Enterprise, Russia is a major importer of Chu Dau Pottery. The year’s first shipment to this market includes 2,500 sets of products worth 30,000 USD.

The enterprise exports the ceramic products, which are known for its striking shapes, colours, patterns and meticulous vignettes to Russia , Japan , the Republic of Korea and European countries.

The enterprise is urgently building a so-called “ceramic garden” highlighting the 500-year old pottery making art of Chu Dau to celebrate the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi in October this year, he added.

Chu Dau pottery products are now preserved at 42 prestigious museums in 32 countries worldwide. Together with the Ngoc Lu Bronze Drum, Chu Dau Pottery is displayed at the UN headquarters representing Vietnamese culture./.