Hanoi to hold handicraft week in August

Hanoi will host a Craft Week in August to promote the city’s traditional culture and handicrafts and celebrate its millennial anniversary that falls in October.

The "Thousand years of Quintessence" event will include a conference on development and tourism potentials of craft villages in Hanoi as well as a contest to create gift samples symbolizing Hanoi’s 1,000th birthday.

Craftsmen will also demonstrate their skills to the public during the August 4-9 event at the Labor and Friendship Culture Palace in Hanoi.

The event offers handicraft making and trading firms to introduce themselves to foreign importers.

Source: Thanh Nien

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Korean handicrafts on display in Hanoi

Some 100 hand-made cloths handicrafts from South Korea are on display at the "Praying and Blessing" exhibition in Hanoi.

The works, all of which are sewn, pleated and embroidered to symbolize various prayers and blessings, are used in traditional rites of passage ceremonies at weddings and births.

The meanings of the crafts are implied in their colors, symbols and decorations.

Included are children's clothes for their first birthday, brides cushions and wedding cloths. They all represent wishes of happiness, good health, longevity, prosperity and good luck.



The 15-day exhibition, co-organized by the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, remains open to public at the museum until Sunday.

Reported by Van Khoa