Hoi An city’s special gifts presented to APEC Finance Ministers
Friday, 20/10/2017 18:16 (GMT+7)
Lanterns made in Quang Nam province’s Hoi An city with the logos of APEC Vietnam 2017 and Quang Nam province will be used as gifts for APEC Finance Ministers during the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting, being held from October 19th-21st.
Quang Nam province prepared some 500 gifts for delegates attending the APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting. In the picture is a handicraft lantern production in Cam Thanh commune, Hoi An city.
This is one of hundreds of handicraft production foundations in Hoi An city.
According to Ms Nguyen Duong Thi Hien, the owner of the foundation, the patterns on the lanterns are manually drawn, and the lanterns, mainly in round shape, are 30 centimeters high.
Lotus, Hoi An ancient quarters and a girl in the Vietnamese long dress – the typical beauty of Hoi An city, are the patterns on each lantern.
Up to 2,400 lanterns are booked in Ms Hien’s foundation.
“It is Hoi An city’s honour to produce lanterns as gifts for the delegates,” said Nguyen The Hung, Vice Chairman of the city People’s Committee.
The lanterns are put into artistic boxes.
BTA (Photos: VOV)
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