Hundreds of traditional folk paintings from famous villages across Vietnam, along with renowned traditional crafts of Hue, have come together by the banks of the Perfume River.
Hien Dung is famous not only for his wicker skills but also for his contribution to Ve ethnic wicker craft preservation.
An exhibition entitled ‘Vietnamese lacquer art applied in contemporary interior design’ opened in Hanoi on April 8, showcasing interior products coated with lacquer – a traditional material that is often used in Vietnamese fine arts.
The challenge of how to create a unique and profound Vietnamese cultural experience for tourists is still a concern for those working in the tourism industry.
The Ede people live mainly on the Dak Lak plateau, in addition, some groups of Ede people have settled in the provinces of Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa. Since ancient times, the Ede people built long houses on stilts, to live in and avoid wild animals. The Ede traditional long houses have gone into epics, old stories, music, and paintings.
Phuoc Tich village (also called Ke Dooc village) is a small pottery village by the O Lau river, which is about 40 km to the north of Hue city. More than 500 years ago, it was a famous pottery production and trade hub supplying products to all central provinces. The Huong River Museum of Ancient Pottery displays 5,000 Phuoc Tich ceramic artifacts, dated from the 17th to 18th century.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel introduced Phở - a traditional Vietnamese noodle soup - to international friends and local people at Attilio cooking school in Or Yehuda city on April 4.
“Colors of Vietnamese ethnic groups’ cultures” will be the main theme of activities to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the suburbs of Hanoi starting next week.
Artists from the Strange Castle Independent Theatre has performed a puppet show entitled “Luc Van Tien”, which was inspired by the work of the same name by famous Vietnamese poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu.
The culture of ethnic communities is what attracts domestic and foreign tourists to Lai Chau province. Preserving it is a big part of the province’s tourism development strategy.