Hanoi craft villages:

Recognition is not simply a certification, honor, and pride for the profession, but also aims to establish legal identity, as a basis for preserving, developing the profession and supporting production for craft villages.

Introducing products at Ngu Xa bronze casting village (Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district).

Honor and pride in the profession

Ngu Xa village in Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district is famous for being the gathering place of the elite bronze casting artisans of Thang Long land. Ngu Xa bronze casting profession contributes to our country's heritage with magnificent masterpieces, many works honoring traditional national culture, some typical works such as: Tran Vu statue placed at Quan Thanh temple, one of the Four Guardians of Thang Long - Hanoi; the 14-ton Amitabha Buddha statue at Ngu Xa pagoda is recognized by the State as a Vietnamese Cultural and Artistic Work...

Continuing the tradition, artisan Bui Thi Minh and her children and grandchildren in the family still preserve and promote the bronze casting profession. Currently, her entire family of 4 people has been awarded the title of “Hanoi Artisan”. In 2024, the city also recognized the title of “traditional profession” for Ngu Xa village.

“This is both an honor and a great responsibility, motivating us to continue our efforts to preserve, conserve, promote and develop the village's traditional craft in the face of countless difficulties and the risk of extinction,” said Ms. Bui Thi Minh.

As a locality that has just been recognized as a “traditional craft village”, Head of Gie Thuong village (Phu Yen commune, Phu Xuyen district) Nguyen Thi Phuong proudly said that the village has a leather shoe production profession that attracts 350 households with about 1,000 workers. In recent years, the craft village has developed strongly, bringing in large incomes for many households and helping Phu Yen commune complete the construction of a model new rural area...

Rural industries and traditional craft villages have a long history and play an important role, contributing to socio-economic development and preserving regional cultural values.

According to Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Dinh Hoa, in 2024, the city had 3 rounds of recognition of titles for 14 craft villages. Of which, Van An carpentry village (Son Dong commune, Son Tay town), Hat Mon carpentry village (Hat Mon commune, Phuc Tho district), Chung Chan sewing village (Van Tu commune, Phuc Xuyen district) were recognized as "Hanoi craft villages". Embroidery village of Co Chat village (Dung Tien commune, Thuong Tin district); leather shoe villages of Gie Ha and Gie Thuong villages (Phu Yen commune, Phu Xuyen district); lotus tea craft village of Quang Ba (Quang An ward, Tay Ho district) were recognized as "traditional craft villages"... Crafts: Com in Hang Than street and bronze casting in Ngu Xa (both in Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district); flute kites in Ba Duong Noi village (Hong Ha commune, Dan Phuong district); jewelry, silver beans in Dinh Cong village (Dinh Cong ward, Hoang Mai district); Com in Vong village (Dich Vong Hau ward, Cau Giay district); Lotus tea making in Quang An (Quang An ward, Tay Ho district)... is recognized as a "Traditional Craft" of Hanoi.

Thus, by early 2025, the city has more than 1,350 craft villages, of which 337 have been recognized by the Hanoi People's Committee. This is a great recognition and encouragement for craft villages in Hanoi. It is also the first step to establish legal identity, as a basis for preserving, developing the craft and supporting production for craft villages.

Support for craft villages

In order to encourage the development of craft villages and rural industries, in recent years, Hanoi city has issued programs, plans, schemes, and policy mechanisms such as: Encouraging and promoting the export of craft village products; supporting the preservation and development of occupations and craft villages; developing craft villages in combination with tourism; preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage for traditional craft villages; encouraging the development of concentrated specialized agricultural production areas; encouraging the development of craft villages in Hanoi city...

In the period of 2025-2030, Hanoi city sets the goal of restoring and preserving at least 5 traditional occupations and craft villages that are at risk of fading away; striving to recognize at least 10 new occupations and 25 traditional craft villages, developing 10 villages from "craft villages" to "traditional craft villages"... To turn the goal into reality, the city continues to synchronously implement policies to support craft villages, especially effectively implementing the "Overall project for developing craft villages in Hanoi city in the period of 2025-2030, with a vision to 2050".

In addition to support from the city, according to Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Dinh Hoa, with recognized craft villages, localities need to continue to maintain, honor, and link with product development of the One Commune One Product (OCOP) Program to form craft village tourism destinations and experiential tourism. With craft villages, continue to develop production and effective business in the direction of developing sustainable products in the chain, investing in upgrading and expanding scale, improving designs and quality; applying technology, promoting promotion... for more effective development.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/lang-nghe-ha-noi-cong-nhan-de-bao-ton-va-phat-trien-ben-vung-699380.html