Hanoi (VNA) 💃– The Hanoi Department of Tourism and the People's Committee of Thuong Tin district are developing a tour named “Duyen Thai Craft Village Art”.
Deputy Director of the department Tran Trung Hieu said that implementing the municipal Party Committee’s Programme No. 06-CTr/TU dated March 17, 2021 on developing culture, improving the quality of human resources, building elegant and civilised Hanoians in the 2021-2025 period", the tourism department is developing unique experiential tourism products associated with the values of heritage - relics and craft villages along the "South Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Road" tourism route in Thanh Tri, Thuong Tin, Phu Xuyen districts in 2024.
The tourism programme "Duyen Thai Craft Village Art" in Thuong Tin district focuses on introducing unique values associated with the spiritual culture and folk beliefs of the Vietnamese people in Ha Thai lacquer village and Phuc Am votive paper-making village in Duyen Thai commune.
Phuc Am village is famous for its production of votive paper and offerings associated with the spiritual culture and practice of worshipping the Mother Goddess of the Three Realms of the Vietnamese people that was recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in 2016.
Meanwhile, Ha Thai lacquer craft village has existed and developed for more than 200 years.
The tour to the two villages is expected to be launched soon. Hanoi is home to 1,350 craft villages./.
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