Foreign visitors enjoy Thanh Tien paper flower-making experience (Source: thuathienhue.gov.vn) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - The ancient capital of Hue in central Thua Thien-Hue province has for many years managed to preserve craft villages which have become destinations for tourists from both at home and abroad. Hue was the capital of Vietnamese monarchy dynasties for more than 300 years (1636-1945), including 13 dynasties of the Nguyen family, the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam. The city, therefore, became a gathering place of many traditional crafts, including unique crafts originating from the system of office crafts or ancient craft villages serving the royals and the elites exclusively. After hundreds of years, Hue today is still a palatial city with golden palaces, citadels, mausoleums, temples and countless treasures from feudal times, which makes the city a unique cultural heritage . Creating that unique and massive heritage complex was none other than the … [Read more...] about Hue preserves craft villages for socio-economic and tourism development