Hue Traditional Craft Festival to be taken place from April 26 to May 2, 2019

The exhibition titled “HER-ITAGE - Restructuring Traditional Embroidery”, held in late September, left many emotions and beautiful impressions on visitors and Hue residents with bridal gowns that carry cultural stories. At the exhibition, viewers could see firsthand the delicate, creative, and soaring carvings, inlays, and cuts of Vietnamese traditional embroidery art shown on vivid patterns of bridal gowns, including Hue royal motifs.

Unique artworks with six-layer cut specimens - a visual metaphor for the heritage reconstruction process - are on display at an exhibition themed “HER-ITAGE - Reconstructing traditional embroidery”, offering viewers a new and interesting experience.

On December 24, Korean Institute of Traditional Culture Research and ORIHERI announced that Nguyen Ngoc Phon, a 23-year-old representative from Hue (of Doan Trang Embroidery and Sewing Service & Trade Co., Ltd.), surpassed more than 2,000 contestants worldwide to secure third prize at the World Grand Prix Supreme Model Contest and Seoul Beauty Fashion Festival 2024 (World Champion Model and Beauty Fashion Festival in Seoul - Korea 2024).

Hue’s artisans, being many in number, skilled, and dedicated to traditional occupations, have not only created many sophisticated and quality products but also contributed to preserving and developing traditional occupations over the past time.

Ms. Le Thi Thanh Huong, from Kim Long ward (Hue City) is one of the few people who still know and preserve the way to make pháp lam-color cakes in the area. It is because this cake, originated from the royal court, requires meticulousness, from kneading the dough, choosing jams, especially how to arrange the box from 6 pieces, one color each harmoniousy, square and spectacularly.