A recent event in Hanoi showcased the traditional embroidery and wax drawing of the Mong Hoa people from Dien Bien province. The display featured live demonstrations by artisans, providing an immersive cultural experience for attendees.
With a passion for spreading Vietnam’s traditional culture and creating a unique fashion collection, designer Nguyen Tho Tho has recently launched her own designs of Ao dai featuring Hang Trong paintings - one of the most outstanding folk painting genres in Vietnam.
With a passion for embroidery, artisan Quan Thi Kim Cuc from Hoang Mai district in Hanoi has brought the art of embroidery to a new high with ornate embroidered products on Bodhi leaf skeletons.
Located in Thuong Tin district, about 25km from Hanoi’s centre, Quat Dong village is well-known for its colorful handmade embroidered products reflecting the Vietnamese people and land which are favored by both domestic customers and foreign friends.
Women in Tay Mo Village, Nam Tu Liem District of Hanoi are teaching embroidery for free to young people, in the hopes they will keep the traditional handicraft alive.
Dong Cuu village in Dung Tien commune of Hanoi’s outlying district of Thuong Tin has long been famous for its traditional embroidery, especially the making of royal robes for kings of feudal dynasties in Vietnam, and the craft has still been upheld nowadays.
Nguyen Quoc Su, a 79-year-old embroidery artisan who has practised the craft for over 60 years, still works on his embroidery frame every day, helping to preserve and promote the traditional craft of the nation.
Artisan Quan Thi Cuc from Vu Thu district in the northern province of Thai Binh is renowned for her ornate embroidered products, made under her skilled hand and featuring excellent 3D techniques.
Residents in Dong Cuu embroidery village, which has undergone a centuries-old history, in Dung Tien commune of Thuong Tin district, Hanoi, have still maintained the traditional techniques of embroidering royal robes.
Just 25km from Ha Noi’s city centre, Quat Dong Village is renowned as the cradle of the traditional embroidery. The countryside is peaceful with a thousand-year history.
A space for artisans from across the country to showcase their products and skills is the highlight will be the eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival from April 26 to May 2.
The Vietnam Fashion Week Autumn-Winter 2019 will take place from March 22-24 at Hanoi Bach Thao (Botanical) Park, featuring 15 collections by 14 designers from Hanoi, Thua Thien-Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City.
The quintessence of Vietnamese traditional crafts will be honoured during the Hue Traditional Craft Festival, which is scheduled to open in Hue city, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 26.
The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is one of the top destinations in Hanoi. It gives visitors an insight into the Vietnamese culture through the beauty of Vietnamese women.
Through colourful threads and skilled hands, artisans have created vivid embroidered pictures, helping preserve a traditional trade which is gradually fading into oblivion.
Artist Lee Jeong-hee from the Republic of Korea is visiting Vietnam for the first time, to showcase her embroidered paintings at an exhibition in Hanoi.
