Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang leads the delegation of Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense on the way to Dong Hung, China to attend the 6th Vietnam-China border defense friendship exchange activities. Photo: Viet Ha Joining the delegation were the comrades: Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense; comrade Nguyen Xuan Ky, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee; Major General Le Duc Thai, Member of the Party Central Committee, Commander of the Party Committee; Lt. Gen. Nguyen Hong Thai, member of the Party Central Committee, Commander of Military Region I; Major General Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Member of the Party Central Committee, Commander of Military Region 3; Rear Admiral Tran Thanh Nghiem, Commander of the Naval Military Service and leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the plan, in the afternoon of the same day, the delegation of the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam will enter Vietnam through Hoanh Mo border gate. At the same time, the delegation of the Ministry of National Defense of China will also go to Vietnam to attend the exchange under the agreed program, including: Ceremony of saluting sovereignty milestones and painting sovereignty milestones, planting friendship trees; cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Vietnam – China Friendship Cultural House; see a report on the joint patrol activities of the Vietnamese Border Guard and the Chinese border protection force in the Bac Luan estuary area … The delegation performed the ceremony to salute sovereignty milestones before leaving to attend the 6th Vietnam-China border defense friendship exchange activities. Photo: Tran Duc The delegation took pictures together on the sovereignty milestone. Photo: Tran Duc Senior Lieutenant General Wei Phuong Hoa, Member of State Affairs, Minister of National Defense of China welcomes Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang. Photo: Viet Ha The leaders of the CPP High Command, the Military Zones and the local authorities see off the delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense to China to attend the 6th Vietnam-China border defense friendship exchange activities. . Photo: Tran Duc

In courts and palaces, elaborate and splendid woven rugs play an important role in the interior decoration of large and small rooms. There was a time when wool carpets were sold very expensive, becoming a valuable product in the treasure of kings and used as tribute between nations. Until now, the hand-woven and elaborate traditionally woven rugs are still expensive decorations for luxury villas. The art of weaving wool carpets imported to Vietnam has no long history, only about a hundred years. In 1926, in the village of Hang Kenh, Hai Phong, a 13-year-old boy named Dang Huu Binh broke up with his family to make a trip. Binh traveled all the way to Tianjin province in China, where he practiced carpet weaving centuries ago, which has produced the most beautiful and famous carpets in Asia, to learn the craft of carpet weaving. After 6 years studying, he returned home and worked at the Hang Kenh carpet weaving factory – Hai Phong, one of the largest carpet weaving factories in Southeast Asia at that time. The document does not indicate that this weaving workshop belongs to Mr. Binh, his family or that of another person. The Saigon Book looks back one hundred years. Photo: Phanbook. An article (without author’s name) on the page vinacarpet.vn said “wool carpet making appeared in Hang Kenh, Hai Phong around 1930 (?) and stopped around 1944. At that time, every year Hai Phong exported to France and Hong Kong about 1,000 m2 wool carpet. The color, pattern, layout, decorative concept of Hang Kenh wool carpet was almost like Chinese wool carpet at that time. Although there was a painter (graduated from Indochina Fine Arts College) at that time gave some new wool carpet samples to the Hang Kenh wool carpet weaving establishment, in order to lessen the Chinese carpet look of Hang Kenh products, but he did not. accepted by customers because they used to use Chinese-style carpets ”. Mr. Binh is not really the first person to learn the profession of carpet weaving, but perhaps a rare Vietnamese artisan learns the craft of weaving traditional high-class wool rugs from a country with more sophisticated carpet making. After working for a while at the Hang Kenh textile company, Dang Huu Binh moved to the South to set up a career in Saigon. From 1955, Mr. Dang Huu Binh officially established Dong Hung carpet weaving company, also known as Vietnam Industry of Weaving Carpet, concurrently held the position of technical director. His workshop was set on 2,300 square feet of land, consisting of a painting office for design and a weaving workshop of thirteen hand-woven wooden frames, of which a giant 13-meter-wide frame, 8 meters tall is the largest. Products of Dong Hung carpet weaving company. The picture in the Saigon book looks back a hundred years. The drawings are all sketched by Mr. Binh, two sons and a grandson. Weavers are completely women, there are up to fifty permanent workers, including people in the family of Dang Huu Binh. The process of weaving carpets in Dong Hung carpet company was reported Free World Volume IX, number 9 describes in the article: “To weave a rug, first of all, sketch a small model with all colors and images. Then, depending on the size and proportion, magnify on a glossy paper. The weavers base on the pattern and the scale of the carpet will weave, base the frame with cotton thread “. “This cotton thread is called the vertical thread. Then the wool color is chosen to weave the weft. The tools of the carpet-weaving industry are a sharp, sharp knife, a pair of scissors and a beating table with teeth like a comb. Every time a knot of wool is tied, between two standing cotton threads, the worker uses a knife to cut off the wool and knots the next second like that for the rest of his work, for there are at least four on the loom. five workers work together. After tying all the wool knots in a turn, push down one of the cotton threads and press down hard with the table to tighten the knots. At the same time, a second cotton thread is also pushed down diagonally so that the wool knots cannot move. For every cross-street to make another road ”. The average weaver completes a square meter in 5 days. The best or medium rugs differ in the thickness of the knots. For example, the premium type has a square meter of wool with four kilograms of wool with 100,000 knots, the second three and a half kilograms with 67,000 knots, the third 3 kilograms of wool with 45,000 knots. The hand-woven textile industry in the South at that time was considered to be very sophisticated and was on the rise. In Saigon before 1975 there was an exhibition of tapestries and wall rugs for decoration, held at Thanh Le’s shop, Tu Do Street (Dong Khoi), to introduce to the public. the prosperity of the wool carpets industry and the latest art products of this small technology industry. The rugs displayed here are all produced by Dong Hung firm of Dang Huu Binh at 270 Le Van Duyet Street, and by the Thanh Le house as an agent.

This was a challenge because the requirement was to produce an unconnected whole rug, up to 27 meters long, 11 meters across, a total of about 300 square meters, which is very large. The weavers are trimming the watermarks and trimming the flowers on the giant rug located in the Independence Palace ceremony room at the Dong Hung carpet weaving factory. The picture in the Saigon book looks back a hundred years. Realizing this sheet, Mr. Binh considered the continuation of the tradition of his hometown’s Hang Kenh weaving profession, making the carpet for the most important mansion in the South. To make a large carpet, there must be a large loom, Mr. Binh himself had to design a giant loom made entirely of wood, with a trunk of a wood with a diameter of 50 centimeters. A document showing his own drawing and the Gia Dinh Fine Arts School made. To weave the carpet, Mr. Binh built his own workshop, with up to 60 artisans and craftsmen directly sitting and weaving. The carpet is located in the Independence Palace Palace room built in 1966. Photo: The TGTD newspaper episode XVI number 1. The mat is exactly the same size as above, 1.8 inch thick. The main tone of the carpet is red, the white daisies are scattered prominently on the red background and the border has blue patterns. The design is generally luxurious and modern, elegant and no frills. This giant carpet is heavy and very bulky. When bringing the carpet into the room to use a crane and many helpers. The carpet was used regularly for nine years in the Khanh Tiet room, the largest room of the palace with an area of ​​448 square meters, where it was used to hold large meetings, entertain guests with solemn ceremonies from 1966 until 1975. Fix the carpet in the Unification hall. Photo: Hans Peter Grumpe. It was not until 1991 that this large rug was repaired and thankfully, German photographer Hans Peter Grumpe came to capture this rug repair scene. Dong Hung carpet weaving company probably ended in 1975. The pictures here are published from The Gioi Tu Do, volume IX, number 9 and volume X number 5 (no publication date, about the second half. 1960s) are the remnants of a time when Saigon has developed a proud high-class wool carpet weaving industry.

As a city located at the Northeastern point, the gateway for economic exchange between Vietnam and China and other countries in the region, Mong Cai city has no shortage of attractive tourist destinations bearing the imprint of borders and seas. island.

Mong Cai international border gate, which is traded with Dongxing (Guangxi, China) is a top favorite. Visitors can visit national landmark 1369, Bac Luan friendship bridge or make a passport to travel to Dongxing during the day.

The system of markets, trade centers with products from both Vietnam and China is enough to meet the needs of anyone who likes to shop.

Central market 1, 2, 3, Vinh Co, Togi, … is full of items from clothing, consumer goods, household appliances, electronics, food, variety and designs.

Ka Long Bridge, a bridge built entirely of stone, is considered a symbol of Mong Cai located right in the city center. The bridge was completed in 1964, the bridge body carries the words “Vietnam – Central friendship, a sustainable life”.

In recent years, the 2 most busiest commercial streets of Mong Cai have become a pedestrian city every Wednesday to Sunday night, creating a private space for people and tourists to have fun and shop. .

Leaving the city center just a few kilometers, visitors will come to Tra Co Tourist Area, which has the longest beach in Vietnam with rows of blue and blue ocean embracing smooth stretches of white sand.

Sa Vi cape is the cape in the northeastern pole, where “the first pen stroke is placed on the Vietnamese S shape” for generations, has been in front of storms.

There is a Sa Vi border promotion information cluster with many amusement and sightseeing areas. Nearby, there is also Vinh Thuan international golf course on the beach, a system of specialty restaurants: Tra Co crab, island, sausage, seaweed, …

Visitors who love cultural experiences cannot ignore Dinh Tra Co “Vietnamese cultural landmark in the border”. The communal house was built in 1462 under the reign of Hau Le, still preserves many precious antiques. The Dinh’s unique architecture and Tra Co culture went into the famous song “The roof of the communal village”.

Associated with the coastal village is the Tra Co festival held on May 30-1 / 6 AL every year. The festival features a unique process of procession of god on the sea, a unique Ong Voi (pig raising) contest, expressing the traditional Vietnamese lifestyle and gratitude to the ancestors who made the land open.

Mong Cai tourism space now extends to highland communes of Bac Son, Hai Son. It is the historical destination of the relic of heroes and martyrs at Po Hen station, ecotourism sites associated with the lives of ethnic Dao and San Chi people.

Overlooking the sea, Vinh Thuc Island is a great destination with Ben Hen beaches, wild Dau Dong, Vinh Thuc lighthouse – the first lighthouse on Vietnam’s maritime border.

Vinh Thuc is initially developing community tourism. The idyllic beauty of the colorful fishing village promises to continue to attract tourists.

With unique destinations and sustainable tourism development goals, Mong Cai is gradually becoming a tourist center of Quang Ninh province. In 2018, the estimated number of domestic and international visitors coming here reached nearly 3 million, the highest ever