Hue honours pottery, lacquer and phap lam

      The third Hue traditional handicraft festival opened on June 12 in the central city of Hue with the nam “Pottery, Lacquer and Phap Lam”, attracting over 100 craft villages in Vietnam.
Among them are famous names like Phuoc Tich pottery village in Hue, Bat Trang pottery village in Hanoi, Chu Dao pottery in Hai Duong, Bau Truc pottery in Ninh Thuan, and Go pottery from Binh Thuan province.
The festival also features lacquer art of the Hue royal court, lacquer products of craft villages in Hanoi and Binh Duong.
Collections of pottery items fished out of the Red River, Mekong River, and Huong Giang River are also displayed at the festival.
Hue’s phap lam ceramics, which are decorated with semi-precious stones and rare metals such as gold, sliver, or bronze, are also introduced.