PRESIDENT VO VAN THUONG AND PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN TRY TO MAKE CHU DAU POTTERY

On the morning of August 22, President Vo Van Thuong and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited Chu Dau Ceramic Joint Stock Company in Hai Duong province.

President Vo Van Thuong and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev experience making Chu Dau pottery.

This is one of the activities during the official visit of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Vietnam from August 20-22.

The two leaders watched artisans paint on Chu Dau pottery.

Chu Dau pottery flourished from the 14th to the 17th century. After more than 3 centuries of disappearance, Chu Dau pottery has now revived and become a valuable export product. The revival of the pottery village also creates great potential for developing craft village tourism for the locality.

The names of President Vo Van Thuong and President of Kazakhstan on a Chu Dau ceramic vase.

Chu Dau pottery is highly appreciated for its design, glaze, decorative motifs, etc. Chu Dau pottery is expressed in many forms such as drawing, carving, painting, embossing, deeply expressing the cultural identity of the Vietnamese people.

The two leaders took photos with company leaders and local officials.

Decorative motifs on Chu Dau pottery often depict natural scenes and the lives of residents of the Red River Delta, such as scenes of shepherds herding buffalo, birds perching on flower branches, schools of fish swimming underwater, thatched roofs by the river...