When it comes to Thang Long – Dong Do – Hanoi, a capital city with a thousand-year history, trade villages cannot be missed. Among villages like Ngoc Ha Flower Village, Ngu Xa bronze casting village and Yen Thai poonah paper village, Yen Phu Incense Village has existed for a long time. Crossing Thanh Nien – Co Ngu…
Sedge appeared in Kim Son two centuries ago but it has played an important role in the district’s economy. The Kim Son people have used this material to make many products like mat, carpet, baskest, trays, boxs, dishs, cups, tumblers, bags and hats. About sedge products, sedge-mat weaving should be mentioned first. Mat weaving is a creative,…
Chang Son or Chang Thon formerly, in Thach That district, Hanoi, is a vil1age being famous with many traditional handicrafts . The village has retained a saying that "Many tax-payers and few fie/d 1and but hundreds good craas " . Among them, the carpentry is the most famous one. It has been developed and given favorable preconditions to…
No one knows the Chom village’s rice pancake in Thieu Chau commune of Thieu Hoa district has appeared ever since, it just know that this is one of the popular cakes throughout the countryside. However, if someone has ever enjoying the Chom village’s rice pancake, they will never forget the delicious taste of its.
It is not as busy as other traditional craft villages in Hong River delta region. The endurance and quietness have made Do Xuyen become a traditional craft village with unique products Nobody know when the village’s bamboo weaving occupation begins but it has been helped Do Xuyen people survive for many flooding seasons and become an important supplementary…
Come to Hanoi, who do not remember a famous appetite present that tender rice . The first gift has just recently that gracious called "Cốm of Vong village” Belong Dich Vong Ward, Cau Giay district, center of Hanoi about 8km to the northwest. Vong Village includes the villages: Vong Tien,Vong Hau,Vong So,Vong Trung but only two villages: Vong Hau and…
Phu Lang, a traditional pottery village in Dai Lan, Que Vo, in northern Bac Ninh Province creates pieces that capture the heart and soul of Vietnam. Phu Lang Pottery Village is located in Phu Lang Commune, Que Vo District, Bac Ninh Province and about 60km from northeast of Hanoi. Phu Lang craft village is situated at the poetic…
Ngoc Lang is known as a peaceful village with vegetable fields that are as green as jade stones. The village is compared to a child protected and nurtured by two mothers that are the Chua and Ba rivers. Silt of the two rivers has raised the level of its land. This has allowed Ngoc Lang to become the…
Quan Ganh Village is famous for its traditional cake called "Banh day", a delicious treat of glutinous rice cand green beans wrapped in banana leaves. Almost all people who pass this area stop to buy some couples of “bánh dày” as souvenirs for their beloved or simply as their lunch, a famous specialty of Ha Tay land. This…
Dinh Yen Mat craft village is located around 33 kms from Sa Dec Town of Dong Thap province. This is an attractive destination for Vietnam travel. The village which is by the side of Hau River, has been famous for its traditional mat-making craft which has existed for nearly 100 years. About Vietnam travel - Visitors to Sa Dec Town…
Being well-known for beautiful sedge mat for centuries, Nga Son (Thanh Hoa, Vietnam) is always bustling in harvest season: the animation of the local residents together to harvest sedge and the exciting images of sedge drying a lot from the fields to the yards of each family. Most Vietnamese know well the idiom, “Nga Son mats, Bat Trang…
Vinh Long ceramics are popular not only due to their elegant shapes but also by their distinguished color of pink that makes them different from other ceramics of other regions How to visit there for tourists in Vietnam travel? Two kilometers from downtown after crossing Thieng Duc Bridge on National 31 along Co Chien River, in the distance, you…
Everytime when Mid-Autumn coming up, Bao Dap traditional village in Nam Dinh province is busy again with their trade of making star-shaped lanterns While many toy making traditional craft villages in Vietnam have no longer produced toys, artisans in Bao Dap village in Nam Dinh province still preserve their trade: making star-shaped lanterns.
Ninh Binh beautifies Vietnam not only with potential tourist attractions but also with stone carving
Craftsmen in Ninh Van commune work hard to create stone products with skilfull hands to beautify the country. In the past, stone carving was only practised in a few households in Ninh Van commune, Hoa Lu district in the northern province of Ninh Binh, and they mainly produced items made of blue stone which were sold only in the…
Those who visit Thach That District will never forget the images of houses, village gates, wells and walls built with laterite bricks with a dark yellow colour. These bricks are rough and lumpy but they create a rustic beauty suitable to the countryside scene. For hundreds of years, people in Thach That District, Hanoi have been digging laterite…
