On the evening of March 12, the announcement ceremony of Bat Trang Village Festival - National Intangible Cultural Heritage took place. At the same time, the opening ceremony of the traditional Bat Trang Village Festival 2025 took place at Bat Trang pottery village.

Located on the banks of Bac Hung Hai River, Bat Trang pottery village has long been famous among domestic and foreign tourists.

Every year in the second lunar month, the whole village holds a festival together. The festival honors traditional crafts and expresses the desire for a prosperous and happy life.

This year, Bat Trang village festival is bigger and more fun. This festival has been officially recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Speaking at the announcement ceremony, Mr. Truong Van Hoc - Vice Chairman of Gia Lam District People's Committee - said that Bat Trang currently has 2 folk artisans.

There are also 6 excellent artisans, 34 Hanoi artisans, 80 artisans from craft villages. 23 clans in the village join hands to build and develop Bat Trang pottery.

Bat Trang Village Festival is an annual event with interesting activities such as folk games and cultural exchanges.

Before the festival, villagers were busy preparing the village's offerings. Bat Trang's offerings are also a beauty of this over 500-year-old pottery village.

The village festival began on the morning of March 13 with a palanquin procession and water-granting ceremony. The ceremony is meant to pay tribute to the village's tutelary deity and those who have contributed to the craft village, demonstrating the virtue of remembering the source of water that descendants have towards their ancestors.

The festival is also an opportunity for the community to unite and join hands to preserve heritage associated with promoting and introducing Bat Trang craft village tourism, contributing to building the homeland to become more civilized, rich and modern.

Mr. Tran Duc Thuan, head of the Bat Trang pottery village relic management board, said that the scale of this year's event is 1.5 times larger than last year's. The festival is expected to welcome more than 2,700 people.

"This is not only a craft village, but also a tourist destination. Therefore, we constantly improve the quality of our products and services. The goal is to bring the best experience to visitors, in line with the certificate of merit just awarded," said Mr. Thuan.

Also at the ceremony, Bat Trang pottery village was awarded the certificate of world heritage of creative craft villages - one of 67 craft villages recognized by UNESCO.