Bac Ninh’s village receives pottery making techniques from Japan

Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan (right) introduces Bac Ninh’s Dong Ho folk paintings to Mr. Hideki Sanada. (Photo: bacninh.gov.vn)

The project is sponsored by JICA and entrusted to Onimaru Co., Ltd and Toho village to implement for 3 years, using a total support capital of about VND16.7 billion.

During the meeting, Mr. Tuan emphasized that the pottery development project in Phu Lang commune not only plays an important role in promoting the people-to-people exchange between the two countries in general, and 2 localities in particular, but also a basic factor in the implementation of the strategy of industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas.

He also said that at present, Phu Lang Pottery Village is one of three locations selected by the province as a pilot to develop rural craft village tourism. Therefore, in addition to the scope of the project, which is training to improve pottery production capacity for artisans, he expressed his wish that Japanese experts will be interested in sharing experiences and imparting more information about rural tourism development to achieve high efficiency.

He added he believed that in the coming time, with the active support of a delegation of Japanese experts, Bac Ninh's Phu Lang pottery village will develop further, contributing to promoting production, creating jobs and improve people's living standards.

Mr. Hideki Sanada said, right after implementing the project, the delegation sent many experts to train the artisans of Phu Lang pottery village and achieved certain results. Up to now, 2 vocational training courses have been organized for more than 30 potters in Phu Lang pottery village. Through the courses, the trainees have learned and applied Japanese techniques of soil making and sharpening tools, creating finished products similar to Japanese pottery products. It is expected that the third training course will be carried out in September - November.

He also said he hoped that Bac Ninh province would continue to pay attention to developing a convenient transportation system to Phu Lang craft village and support the organization of pottery associations to attract tourists, contributing to the success of the project. He confirmed that the delegation of Japanese experts will continue to teach and share Japanese pottery techniques to the artisans of Phu Lang commune and pay attention to promoting and supporting to open opportunities to bring pottery products to foreign markets./.