The 2025 International Craft Village Conservation and Development Festival takes place from November 14 to 18 at Thang Long Imperial Citadel

The Ao Dai sewing profession in Trach Xa village (Ung Hoa commune) has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Photo: Hanoi Moi

The Festival, organized by the Hanoi People's Committee in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment , is a practical activity to celebrate the traditional day of the Agriculture and Environment sector, and to celebrate major holidays of the capital and the country in 2025.

The Festival brings together representatives from more than 30 countries and territories, along with thousands of artisans, experts, and creators at home and abroad. During the 5 days, the Festival space becomes an international cultural forum - a place to meet, connect, inspire, and create without borders, bringing together artisans, researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers in the field of conservation, development, and craft village economy. The event attracts special attention from international organizations, diplomatic agencies, embassies, and a large number of entrepreneurs, scholars, collectors, art lovers, and the global public.

The clay figurine products in Xuan La clay figurine craft village (Phuong Duc commune) are uniquely shaped by the skillful hands of artisans and craftsmen. Photo: Hanoi Moi

The Festival aims to preserve and promote the identity and traditional cultural values of the nation; honor artisans, skilled workers, and workers in craft villages, arouse pride in craft villages, artisans, and craftsmen, thereby creating awareness of preserving, conserving, and developing craft villages. Promote, advertise, and introduce craft village products of Hanoi city to the international community.

In addition, the Craft Village Festival creates a space for exchange and learning between domestic and international artisans and skilled workers, aiming to build long-term cooperative relationships in the field of handicrafts; expand the market, enhance commercial value and competitiveness of products.

Hang Trong paintings - one of the oldest folk painting genres in Vietnam. Photo: Hanoi Moi

The festival is organized on a scale of more than 4,000m², including many functional spaces; International conference on preservation and development of craft villages in the green and digital era; conference on trade promotion and investment in craft villages; Vietnam handicraft product contest; fair on craft villages and safe agricultural and food products in Hanoi.

Within the framework of the program, the World Craft Council (WCC) will conduct an assessment and recognition of two typical craft villages of Hanoi - Son Dong (lacquer sculpture) and Chuyen My (lacquer mother-of-pearl inlay) to become official members of WCC, inheriting the achievements of Bat Trang ceramics and Van Phuc silk, two craft villages that have been registered in the World Network of Creative Craft Cities. This is a step forward to affirm Hanoi's position as a leading craft creative center in the Asia-Pacific region.

Currently, Hanoi has more than 1,350 craft villages and villages with crafts. Craft villages are not only heritage treasures, but also important socio-economic pillars, with a total production value estimated at more than 20,000 billion VND per year, contributing to creating livelihoods, increasing income, building new rural areas - civilized urban areas and promoting the creative cultural industry of the capital.

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