[Photo series] People eagerly visit Bien Hoa Pottery Festival

Young people visit Bien Hoa Traditional Pottery Festival. Photo: Hai Quan

This is one of the biggest cultural and trade promotion events of the year to promote traditional culture, introduce traditional handicraft pottery of Bien Hoa - Dong Nai to domestic and foreign tourists. At the same time, celebrate the important event of 50 years of Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).

Deputy Director in charge of Dong Nai Trade Promotion Center (Department of Industry and Trade) Nguyen Van Linh said that the Dong Nai Ceramic Exhibition in 2025 with a scale of more than 3,000 ^m2 attracted the participation of 6 localities and units across the country. This event took place from April 27 to April 30. The exhibition gathered unique ceramic art products with high cultural and aesthetic values of the Dong Nai Ceramic and Fine Arts Association and famous ceramic product lines across the country such as: Thanh Ha ceramic - Quang Nam, red ceramic - Vinh Long, Bau Truc ceramic - Binh Thuan, Binh Duong ceramic ...

As early as the afternoon of April 27, according to Dong Nai Newspaper reporters, a large number of people came to visit and learn about the booths displaying ancient and modern ceramic products at the Bien Hoa Traditional Ceramic Festival. Among them, the most prominent are traditional ceramic lines associated with the Bien Hoa ceramic brand such as: black clay ceramic, blue-glazed ceramic with blooming copper, carved ceramic, openwork ceramic, decorative sunken lines, etc.

Many people and tourists arrived early to visit and learn about the old and new ceramic exhibition booths at the Bien Hoa Traditional Ceramic Festival 2025. Photo: Hai Quan

Ms. Huynh Kim Le (residing in Trung Dung ward, Bien Hoa city) shared: “This year’s Ceramic Festival is organized with a variety of ceramic products from traditional to modern from many localities across the country. This is the first time I have visited a large-scale ancient and modern ceramic space like this. Among them, I am most impressed with the traditional ceramic products of Bien Hoa such as: black clay ceramics, glazed ceramics, embossed carvings…”.

In addition to the ceramic products display area, many locals and tourists also visited and learned about the ceramic paintings displayed at Dong Nai Museum, as well as directly listened to the introduction about the production process and development of Bien Hoa ceramics, and directly experienced some stages of making handmade ceramics at Bien Hoa Traditional Ceramics Festival.

* Some pictures of Bien Hoa Traditional Pottery Festival:

People take photos to "check-in" at the deer model made of ceramic at the entrance of the ceramic exhibition. Photo: Hai Quan

Nearby is a model of a boat carrying black clay pottery - a typical ceramic product of Bien Hoa pottery. Photo: Hai Quan

The area displaying ancient ceramic products at the Bien Hoa Traditional Ceramic Festival 2025. Photo: Hai Quan

People visit large-sized water hyacinth products made of ceramic. Photo: Hai Quan

Image of folk painting carved on ceramic. Photo: Hai Quan

Bien Hoa ceramic products attracted many young people at the exhibition. Photo: Hai Quan

Children directly experience some stages of pottery making at the Bien Hoa Traditional Pottery Festival 2025. Photo: Hai Quan

Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa, designer of Viet Thanh Ceramics Joint Stock Company (Bien Hoa city) introduces the characteristics of the ceramic line with detailed carvings - a unique ceramic line of Bien Hoa ceramics. Photo: Hai Quan

In addition to decorative ceramics and indoor ceramics, the ceramic exhibition also introduces unique outdoor ceramics. Photo: Hai Quan

In addition to traditional product promotion and introduction channels, many businesses also apply promotion and introduction of product information through QR codes so that people can easily access and learn. Photo: Hai Quan