Opening of the 21st Vietnam Craft Village Fair

Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Craft Village Fair. Photo: TTXTTMNN

The event took place from October 10 to 14 with a scale of 150 booths, more than ^1,000m2 displaying typical OCOP products. The Fair is a gathering place for craft villages, craft streets, associations, cooperatives, businesses, production facilities, and services serving rural agriculture .

The fair displays a wide variety of unique and sophisticated handicraft products; many products have won high prizes in Hanoi's craft village product competitions and products such as agriculture, forestry, fishery, food and beverages, agricultural supplies, souvenirs, gifts; especially the presence of many typical OCOP products and agricultural specialties from localities across the country.

At the event, Deputy Director of the Center for Trade and Agriculture Promotion Hoang Van Du said: In recent years, craft villages and rural industries in Vietnam have played an important role in the development of agricultural and rural economy , contributing to improving the lives, eliminating hunger and reducing poverty for some rural families, and contributing to the construction of new rural areas.

Delegates cut the ribbon to open the event. Photo: TTXTTMNN

Delegates visit booths at the fair. Photo: TTXTTMNN

According to statistics from the Vietnam Craft Village Association, the country currently has more than 5,400 craft villages, the number of craft villages in the North accounts for nearly 40%, most concentrated in the Red River Delta with about 1,500 villages, of which about 300 villages have been recognized as traditional craft villages. Through hundreds of years of history, this is the place where traditional crafts are born and preserved with handicraft products converging the quintessence of national culture, along with the values of natural landscapes, architecture, heritage... bringing great potential to develop the economy and rural tourism in Vietnam.

Developing rural industries sustainably will create conditions for shifting the structure of agricultural production and rural labor structure towards industrialization and modernization.

People and tourists visit, learn about and shop for products at the Fair. Photo: Manh Dung — People and tourists visit, learn about and shop for products at the fair. Photo: Manh Dung

The fair will include product display and introduction activities; specialized seminars; organizing exhibition spaces, introducing OCOP products; organizing and awarding beverage mixing competitions; a week to promote and introduce OCOP products and Lang Son province's agricultural specialties; promoting and introducing local culture, cuisine, and tourism; demonstrating the skills of typical Vietnamese craft villages; organizing delegations of artisans and craftsmen to visit, exchange, and study...

The 21st Vietnam Craft Village Fair in 2025 is expected to contribute to enhancing the image and competitiveness of handicraft products, OCOP products, agricultural products, local specialties...

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/khai-mac-hoi-cho-lang-nghe-viet-nam-lan-thu-21-719114.html