Contest for composing and designing tourist souvenir products in Bac Ninh province

Quai Thao hat - Bac Ninh Quan Ho costume cultural heritage.

Accordingly, participants in the contest are organizations, individuals, artisans, artists, designers, sculptors, establishments and businesses that produce and design souvenir products inside and outside Bac Ninh province.

Contest products are complete souvenirs and handicrafts that are diverse in materials and colors, with priority given to products with environmentally friendly and locally available materials (such as bamboo, wood, stone, ceramic, copper...). The products designed and manufactured to serve as tourist souvenirs and gifts for tourists must have meaning and rich content, introducing and promoting the image of Bac Ninh tourism, focusing on the theme to promote the value of Bac Ninh’s cultural heritage and national treasures.

Time to receive contest entries is from October 15 to November 15, 2024. The authors send the completed product sample along with an explanation, annotating product information such as: Idea, meaning, design, features, materials, size, estimated production cost to the address: Center for Relic Conservation and Tourism Promotion of Bac Ninh province (No. 15 Ly Thai To Street, Suoi Hoa, Bac Ninh City. Phone number: 0222.3874.204).

The contest aims to select a number of tourist souvenir products with themes from cultural heritages and national treasures for pilot production in order to suggest and stimulate the socialization of the tourist souvenir production in the province. At the same time, it improves the quality, efficiency and diversity of products promoting the image, culture and people of Bac Ninh to domestic and foreign tourists and partners. The products demonstrate unique creativity, outstanding characteristics, and rich cultural identity of the Kinh Bac - Bac Ninh region - Quan Ho's homeland. Therefore, it increases revenue for tourism activities, creating jobs, improving livelihoods for people from handicraft village, and contributing to preserving the nation’s traditional cultural values.