The website www.dongho.bis.vn has been put into operation to introduce famous Dong Ho folk paintings of Vietnam to those who might be keen on such a kind of traditional folk painting.

Launched by a group of enthusiastic young people, this website is seen as a promotion of Vietnamese traditional culture values which could get lost in oblivion.

Clicking on dongho.bis.vn one can find Dong Ho folk paintings hung in lots of houses of northern Vietnamese citizens.

General features of the painting village of Dong Ho, the history of Dong Ho village, how to create a Dong Ho folk painting as well as typical paintings are also included on this website.

Only two families in Dong Ho village of today keep the trade going while other families have turned their business toward creating paper objects.

Apart from business aims, the website targets promoting the traditional beauty of Vietnam in general, and of Dong Ho printing village in particular.

As an open forum, this online address has received a number of constructive opinions from Vietnamese culture lovers.

Source: ANTD

Translated by Mai Huong