Hanoi gains two more craft villages in World Crafts Cities network

  • A Buddha statue is gilded through the skillful hands of artisans from Son Dong. Photo: Tran Viet – VNA
    A Buddha statue is gilded through the skillful hands of artisans from Son Dong. Photo: Tran Viet – VNA
  • Artisans work tirelessly day and night to create mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquerware products in Chuyen My. Photo: Tuyet Mai – VNA
    Artisans work tirelessly day and night to create mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquerware products in Chuyen My. Photo: Tuyet Mai – VNA
  • Artisan Vu Van Vinh from Chuyen My introduces to visitors his family’s mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquerware set, including a platform bed, tea cabinet and lacquered horizontal lacquer boards and parallel sentences, valued at over 3 billion VND. Photo: Tuyet Mai – VNA
    Artisan Vu Van Vinh from Chuyen My introduces to visitors his family’s mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquerware set, including a platform bed, tea cabinet and lacquered horizontal lacquer boards and parallel sentences, valued at over 3 billion VND. Photo: Tuyet Mai – VNA
  • Artisans from Son Dong are completing a statue of late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Tran Viet – VNA
    Artisans from Son Dong are completing a statue of late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Tran Viet – VNA
Hanoi officially welcomed the Chuyen My mother-of-pearl inlay and lacquerware craft village and the Son Dong lacquer sculpture craft village into the World Crafts Cities network at a ceremony held at the Thang Long imperial citadel on the evening of May 8. VNA Photo

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