Some 1,700 people from 14 suburban districts and one urban district of Hà Nội have benefited from a project aiming at providing vocational training for young people in the suburbs of Hà Nội to help them get a stable livelihood.
Tourism creates thousands of jobs and helps drive the economic and social development of the country. For some provinces like Hưng Yên, leaders are focusing on forming policies to boost the sector's growth. An Vũ reports.
Sơn Đồng Handicraft Village in Hoài Đức District, 20km west of downtown Hà Nội, has long been the source of some of Việt Nam's finest carved wood worship objects.
Traditional weaving skills of the Khmer ethnic minority group have been handed down at an Embroidery Weaving Co-operative in Văn Giáo handicraft village, in the southern province of An Giang.
Three ethnic Khmer handicraft villages in Trà Vinh Province’s Trà Cú District have expanded over the last four years due to high demand and support from local authorities.
People in Phú Nhi Village, Sơn Tây Town in the western outskirts of Hà Nội, are greatly proud of their traditional delicacy; homemade rice cake.
Various activities celebrating traditional silk weaving will be held in Vạn Phúc Village between November 8 and 17 during the Vạn Phúc Culture – Tourism – Trading Handicraft Village event.