Opening of Dong Nai Ceramic Festival

On the evening of April 27, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province held the opening ceremony of the Pottery Festival to honor traditional pottery, connect heritage with modernity, and spread the cultural identity of Bien Hoa - Dong Nai to all parts of the country and internationally.

Delegates cut the ribbon to open the Dong Nai Ceramic Festival 2025.

Dong Nai Ceramic Festival takes place for 4 days, from April 27-30 with many diverse and rich activities, promising to bring people and tourists interesting experiences about Dong Nai land such as: Organizing exhibitions of ceramic products; Seminar on "Solutions to preserve and develop traditional ceramic craft in the integration period"; experience space, Ceramic destination at Dong Nai College of Decorative Arts; organizing the contest "Designing Festival logo, identifying the brand of Bien Hoa - Dong Nai Traditional Ceramic Festival"; Organizing trade booths to promote OCOP products, typical rural industrial products of Dong Nai province...

Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee speaking at the opening ceremony of the Ceramic Festival.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Duong Minh Dung said that Bien Hoa pottery was born more than 300 years ago, closely associated with the development of the Southern region. Through many historical changes, Bien Hoa pottery still retains its own soul. Unique, rich and diverse decorative art ceramic products are decorated in a modern and sophisticated way, using light-fire glaze, elegant glaze color, in which the most characteristic feature and also the pride of Bien Hoa pottery is "flowering green copper glaze". In addition, Bien Hoa - Dong Nai pottery is also famous for unglazed terracotta products with natural beauty, very popular in the market.

In 1903, Bien Hoa Fine Arts School (now Dong Nai Decorative Arts College) was established, Bien Hoa pottery had an important new turning point in the development process, marked by the artistic element with the famous name "Bien Hoa Fine Arts Pottery". Combining the traditional elements of indigenous pottery and Western pottery techniques, Bien Hoa fine arts pottery quickly affirmed its independent advantages and its own trend. Not only contributing to the cultural and artistic aspects, the fine arts pottery industry also contributed to the economic development of Dong Nai province.

People visit the Bien Hoa pottery display booth at the Pottery Festival.

According to Mr. Duong Minh Dung, the 2025 Dong Nai Ceramic Festival is not only an opportunity to honor traditional values, pay tribute to generations of artisans, but also a bridge for Bien Hoa ceramics to advance further on the world ceramic art map, connecting artistic creation, technological innovation and local tourism and economic development; at the same time, he believes that the traditional ceramic profession will continue to be supported by scientists , all levels and sectors; investors will pay active attention; the craft village community will agree to preserve and develop, which can both preserve and awaken potential, open up prospects for connection, and enhance development in the region and the world.

The Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee affirmed that the Dong Nai Pottery Festival 2025 is not only a festival of the pottery industry, but also an opportunity for Dong Nai to spread its cultural identity to domestic and international friends. The event delivers a strong message about the province's commitment to building, preserving and developing the pottery profession in association with promoting cultural values ​​and protecting the environment, digital transformation, in order to create a new space and development momentum for the pottery profession to develop rapidly and sustainably.

Source: VNA

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