Children enjoy wearing conical hats and receiving clay toys when visiting Truong Son Craft Village.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025, a tour guide from Zazen Travel Company Limited took two German female journalists to visit Truong Son Craft Village. The visitors from Europe were delighted to see the artisans of the craft village making sand paintings, weaving mats, embroidering paintings, etc. For more than 2 hours, the two female tourists attentively listened to the tour guide introduce the craft village, exploring the traditional Vietnamese cultural features that are being displayed and reproduced here. They were especially excited to try playing traditional Vietnamese bamboo musical instruments. “I really like Truong Son Craft Village. There are so many things to explore here. From handicrafts such as pottery, mat weaving, net weaving, etc. to traditional Vietnamese music, they are all present here, it's wonderful. I will introduce this destination to my friends and German tourists,” shared Ms. Svermika Seyfert - a freelance journalist who regularly collaborates with Life & Style Magazine (Germany). Speaking to Khanh Hoa Newspaper reporters, Ms. Christina Nguyen - Director of Zazen Travel Company Limited said that the company regularly leads European and Australian tourists to visit Truong Son Craft Village. Due to cultural differences, European and Australian tourists are very excited to visit the craft village, learn about traditional crafts, enjoy traditional musical instruments... Some guests who are journalists and travel bloggers have expressed their impressions and shared their feelings about the craft village in articles introducing Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa tourism in magazines and websites specializing in tourism promotion.

Young tourists from Korea try sifting rice at Truong Son Craft Village.

Not only attracting Western tourists, recently, Truong Son Craft Village has also gradually become familiar to Korean tourists when coming to Nha Trang. Although sharing the same Eastern culture, Korean tourists are still excited to visit this traditional craft village, especially children. Young Korean tourists who came here with their parents were very curious when they saw rice mills, mat weaving artisans, making paintings from snail shells... Ms. Kim You Na shared: "Korea is very developed today, children growing up in the city no longer know much about traditional crafts, the way previous generations worked to survive. That's why, when I heard that Nha Trang had a very interesting destination like Truong Son Craft Village, I brought my family here to visit."

Korean children practice weaving mats in Truong Son Craft Village.

Female tourist from Europe practices knitting synthetic yarn.

In particular, recently, cruise ship tourist groups have frequently visited Truong Son Craft Village. With an eagerness to explore local culture, along with watching artisans make sand paintings, draw portraits, embroider paintings, and enjoy traditional musical instrument performances, many tourists have experienced bamboo dancing, mat weaving, and playing stone instruments. Many tourists have chosen to buy ceramic sculptures bearing the Cham cultural imprint of sculptor Doan Xuan Hung, Hong Chau Sa sand paintings, embroidery, and calligraphy of famous people by painter Le Vu, etc. as souvenirs. Ms. Huynh Thi Kim Thoa - Deputy Director of Saigontourist Nha Trang Branch said: "In the context of the countryside gradually shrinking due to urbanization, traditional production activities are gradually disappearing, so we chose Truong Son Craft Village as one of the key destinations for cruise ship tourists to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa. Cruise ship tourists highly appreciate this destination... And I think that not only cruise ship tourists but all tourists will be very excited to visit this craft village".

Mr. NGUYEN TAN TUAN - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: The leaders of the Provincial People's Committee as well as the leaders of the Tourism sector highly appreciate the operating model of Truong Son Craft Village, with the model of both displaying and introducing products and organizing on-site production, the craft village is like a "living museum" of the traditional culture of the Agarwood land. Although it has not been in operation for long, Truong Son Craft Village has become a unique and attractive destination, attracting tourists to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa. And I believe that in the coming time, the craft village will develop even more, becoming a destination that tourists cannot miss when coming to Khanh Hoa.

XUÂN THÀNH