Guinness World Records: World's largest ceramic mosaic

Hanoi’s record breaking mosaic mural celebrates the city’s 1,000 year anniversary

Hanoi, Vietnam (5th October 2010): The Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural Project has today earned the city a place in the Guinness World Records with the world’s largest ceramic mosaic.

World's largest ceramic mosaic

QĐND Online: 1,500 students clean up Hanoi Ceramic Mural

(QĐND -9 May 2011)

The Hanoi’s HCM Communist Youth Union, Department of Construction and the Hanoi Urban Environment One Member Limited Company (URENCO) jointly launched a day of cleaning up the “Hanoi Ceramic Mural road along the Red River” on May 8th.

1,500 youths and students from colleges, universities and companies in Hanoi and workers of the URENCO were working in groups to clean the 3.8km long Ceramic Mural along the banks of the Red River...

Vietnam Pictorial: “The Pottery Road along the Red River”

23/11/2010 14:54  GMT+7

To celebrate the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi, a ceramic mural project entitled “The Pottery Road along the Red River” proposed by painter Nguyen Thu Thuy was carried out on the cement dike wall on the city’s eastern side.

Seven years ago when witnessing the excavation at the Thang Long Citadel archaeological site and seeing with her own eyes ancient pottery pieces, Nguyen Thu Thuy was very interested in the artifacts that show the flow of history throughout the dynasties of Ly, Tran, Le and Nguyen. She then had a chance to visit some outdoor pottery works in Germany, Italy and Spain when attending a journalist training course in Germany that made her think much about the immortality of pottery, a very familiar material, and found ways to apply it to Hanoi...


Part of the ceramic mural illustrating the pictures made by children.

The Inauguration of "Decent Work and Tripartism" ceramic mural for Hanoi 1,000 years

ILO, Hà Noi, 24 September 2010 – Today, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs; Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour; Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Viet Nam Cooperatives Alliance and the International Labour Organization (ILO) inaugurated the mural on “Decent Work and Tripartism” of the Ceramic Road and presented it to the Hanoi People’s Committee...

The tile created by Tony Heriza from Philadelphia, USA

Sample: The tile from Tony Heriza, Philadelphia, USA

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 Artist - journalist Nguyen Thu Thuy and the New Hanoi Arts invite artists and anybody who loves to make ceramic from around the world to submit hand-made clay tiles to be included in a mural project named "Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural – A Gift for Hanoi's 1000 year Anniversary". All artist tiles will be installed in a part of wall named "Artist tiles around the World". Just imagine, there will be a day when you and your beloved people would visit Hanoi and you can show them the tiles in the famous Hanoi Mural's wall. Or, any traveler from your country will be very proud of you when they see your art-work there in Hanoi. They will say: "Oh, this is from my country!"...