The Ha Noi Great Souvenir Fair 2024 will take place from 25 to 28 April at the Ha Noi Museum, providing an opportunity to showcase Vietnamese cultural and souvenir products.
The Ha Noi Great Souvenir Fair 2023 featured a wide variety of handicrafts and fine art souvenirs. Photo: Ha Noi Great Souvenir Fair.
The fair hosts 100 stalls from businesses, rural industrial units and artisans, as well as an exhibition area where pottery, lacquerware, mother-of-pearl inlays, embroidery, silk, bamboo wickerwork, wooden items, some of capital's One Commune One Product (OCOP) products, and a wide range of handicrafts and arts and crafts souvenirs are on display and for sale.
Thousands of local and foreign tourists and business visitors will be in attendance.
Ha Noi boasts over 1,350 craft villages, with nearly 176,000 households involved in a diverse range of trades, representing 45% of the total number of craft villages in the country, according to the Ha Noi Department of Industry and Trade.
These villages are engaged in a vast array of artisanal activities, including woodworking, bamboo weaving, pottery, glass, textiles, fibers, embroidery, knitting, and small-scale engineering.
The municipal department highlighted that the items produced by these craft villages are renowned for their exquisite design and superior quality. Some of them have a competitive edge in both domestic and international markets. The handicraft sector plays a key role in the economic development and export activities of the capital.
Last year's Ha Noi Great Souvenirs Fair was held at the Ho Van Historic Site in Ha Noi as part of a series of events to welcome the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians.
Thanh Thanh