Hà Nội strives for 8 per cent growth in handicraft export turnover

The capital city wants to expand handicraft exports to an annual growth of 8 per cent in export turnover under a programme on promoting Hà Nội’s industrial development for over the next five years.

Handmade Vietnamese lacquer products debut at Paris Design Week For the first time, 'Made in Việt Nam' handicraft products are on display at Paris Design Week – one of the world’s most prestigious events to celebrate design and creativity.

Contemporary Vietnamese art on show in Hà Nội

Artworks by leading contemporary Vietnamese artists are on display at an exhibition being held at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hà Nội.

Fading artform reborn in silver and gold

Having revived Pháp Lam art, a kind of enamel painting and carving on copper, in early 2000, local artisan Đỗ Hữu Triết refreshed the art on silver and gold for making fashionable jewelries, interior decoration and paintings.

Novel approach to traditional sơn mài artworks

Painter Mai Đắc Linh has established a reputation for how he uses traditional materials in his works

Seashells refashioned as stylish jewellery

To break away from the conventional materials such as gold and silver, HCM City-based artist La Như Long is creating his own line of jewellery from seashells.

Exhibition shows multiple faces of life Đa Diện (Polyhedra), an exhibition gathering emerging artists of Vietnamese contemporary art has just been kicked off in Hà Nội.

Southern lacquer villages struggle to survive

Centuries-old craft in need of support as modern world closes in and popularity declines

Artworks to be displayed in Ninh Bình The works are the brainchildren of 13 renowned contemporary artists from many provinces, including two painters and 11 sculptors.

Hà Nội will promote linkage between production and consumption for OCOP products

Many business households and enterprises in Hà Nội which are part of the One Commune, One Product (OCOP) programme hope the Hà Nội Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Vietnam Retailers Association will facilitate more trade linkages for OCOP products.