(TITC) - Preserving and promoting the value of traditional craft villages, associated with sustainable development is preserving "living space", maximising production activities of crafts, so that artisans can live with traditional craft.
(TITC) - On 29th May, Hue Festival Center (Thua Thien Hue Province) informed that within the framework of the Summer Festival of Hue Festival 2023, International Kite Festival 2023 with the participation of many Southeast Asian countries will take place from 3rd – 9th June.
The Bo Ban Communal House is located in Bo Ban 2 Village, Hoa Phong Commune, Hoa Vang District, Da Nang. Tourists departing from the city center will simply travel on the former National Highway 14B until to see the Tuy Loan traditional market, then turn left and continue to run a distance of around 1km along a canalside road to reach the communal house.
A wide range of interesting activities were held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on May 27 and 28 to help children explore cultural heritages.
The Hanoi Times spoke with Truong Minh Tien, Chairman of the UNESCO Hanoi Association, on ways to expand and link the city's heritage tours.
On May 23, the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture held an academic exchange programme about Shiva religion through collections of sculptures displayed at the museum.
Hoi The Trung Hieu (a Festival of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Country) at Dong Co Temple in Hanoi has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Apart from public museums that are familiar to most of local residents, Da Nang is now home to 3 private museums that are storing and displaying thousands of rare and valuable artifacts. They are Dong Dinh Museum, the Museum of Buddhist Culture, the Non Nuoc Stone Carving Memory Museum. The presence of these museums helps to reduce the loss of the city’s antiquities, create more places for the public to access and enjoy cultural heritage, as well as create more tourist attractions for locals and tourists.
Among the traditional handicrafts, the non la (conical hat) has become a cultural specialty for tourists when visiting Hue. It is necessary to have a suitable direction for restoring and further promoting the craft of making conical hats through community-based tourism activities.
Thai My weaving village in Cu Chi district, is considered the cradle of rattan and bamboo products in Ho Chi Minh City. At its peak, more than 100 households in the village were engaged in the weaving trade.