As one of activities of the Visit Vietnam Year 2022 hosted by Quang Nam under the theme of green tourism, exhibition "Vietnam's cultural heritage Space" has been held in Hoi An city from July 8 to 13, at An Hoi Sculpture Garden by cooperation between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and People's Committee of Quang Nam Province.
On July 6, Mr Pham Phu Ngoc, Director of Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation welcomed Prof.
To meet the need to repair and restore houses and other buildings in the ancient town, in first six months of 2022, Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation received and resolved 99 applications for restoring houses/historic buildings, including 44 applications in Zone I, 35 in Zone II-A and 20 in Zone II-B.
On June 24, 2022, Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation cooperated with the People's Committee of Minh An ward, Cam Pho ward and some of the city specialized divisions to digitize the Japanese Covered Bridge by 3D simulation technology.
On June 24, 2022, Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation had a meeting with heritage preservation collaborators for the first six months of 2022.
On June 23, 2022, Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation had a meeting with the delegation of Thua Thien Hue Institute for Development Studies led by Dr. Dang Minh Nam - Deputy Director.
Last week, Mr Enrico Padula, Consul General of Italy in Ho Chi Minh City paid a visit to Hoi An city.
In the First Regional Traditional Craft Festival - Quang Nam 2022, held from May 19 to 22, the exhibition of Art Path "Traditional Craft - Heritage of the Central region" was introduced to the public at An Hoi Sculpture Garden, Hoi An City with many traditional crafts such as: brocade weaving (Dak Lak province and Tay Giang district, Quang Nam), ceramics making in Bat Trang village (Ha Noi), terra cotta making in Thanh Ha pottery village (Hoi An); sedge mat weaving in Nga Son (Thanh Hoa); bamboo knitting (Dong Thap), silk weaving (Duy Xuyen district).
On June 7, 2022, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Decision No. 1310/QD-BVHTTDL assigning Quang Nam Museum in coordination with Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation to excavate at Hau Xa I site and Hau Xa II site in Thanh Ha ward, Hoi An city, Quang Nam province.
On June 2, 2022, Hoi An City People's Committee issued Plan No. 1437/KH-UBND on organizing "Hoi An Craftsmanship" event. According to the Plan, the Hoi An city People's Committee assigned Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation to organize a seminar on "Development orientation of traditional occupations and folk arts towards a creative city" and a ceremony for Tra Que Vegetable Farming receiving “National intangible cultural heritage” title.
As part of the plan to build a dossier of intangible cultural heritage proposed to be included in the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2022, on the morning of May 10th, at the community house in Thanh Tam village, Cam Thanh commune, Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (Hoi An Center) has coordinated with the locality to organize a community consultation on the making bamboo and coconut houses in Cam Thanh.
Recently, the People’s Council of Quang Nam province issued Resolution No. 13/2022/NQ-HDND dated April 21, 2022 stipulating a mechanism to support for investment and renovation of ranked relics in Quang Nam province in the period 2022-2025.
Cam Ha commune is one of the localities in Hoi An with many ancient burial tombs of historical and architectural value, most of which are lime tombs.
On April 29th, 2022, the People’s Committee of Hoi An City issued Decision No. 482/QD-UBND approving the investment of the Museum of “The Trade Route of incense and local products in Hoi An - Quang Nam”.
As part of the program for the first Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2022 in Hoi An city, from April 20th to 23rd, 2022 at Thanh Hoa library No. 131 in Nguyen Truong To street, Quang Nam Department Of Information and Communications and Hoi An People’s Committee organized an book exhibition with the theme “Cultural Revival and Development of Reading Culture”.
Recently, the People’s Committee of Hoi An City has issued the Document No. 908/UBND dated April 14, 2022 regarding the agreement on restoring the original state of the house No. 134 in Nguyen Thai Hoc street. This house is an architectural relic of Class II in the protection Zone I of Hoi An Ancient Town. A fire incident caused serious damage to the house.
Hoi An is one of the localities where many cultural and tourism events of the National Tourism Program 2022 take place in Quang Nam province. These activities have created a good impression attracting visitors to Hoi An after the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic in a long time.
Recently, the People’s Committee of Hoi An City issued Decision No. 287/QD-UBND dated April 7th, 2022 regarding the financial support for repairing and renovating the house No. 48B in Bach Dang street, Minh An ward.
Hoi An plays the role of connecting trade and commerce with localities along the Thu Bon river system from the riverside – coastal areas to the mountainous regions as well as the role of linking trade and commerce between Quang region and other domestic and international regions. It has created the prosperity of the Hoi An trading port in particular and Quang region, Cochinchina in general in the history.
Tra Que vegetable farming is one of the famous traditional crafts in Hoi An, formed and developed more than 300 years ago.