The city’s first handicrafts exhibition will offer producers a chance to approach international markets, said Dao Thu Vinh deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade.

The five-day event, co-organised by the department, the Hanoi Industrial Promotion and Development Consultancy Centre and the Bac Ha Trade and Media Group, will display pottery and porcelain, wooden and bamboo-made handicrafts as well as silk in 400 pavilions.