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HANDICRAFT VILLAGE TOURISM

Vietnam has long been renowned             many antique pottery exhibitions. For
for its numerous multi product             example, Bat Trang hosts a famous
craft villages. Vietnam’s traditional      antique pottery exhibition of about
craft villages account for 400 out of      400 old items dating from the 15th to
more than 2500 villages scattered          19th centuries and 300 more samples
throughout the country. The north          of Bat Trang pottery. Hue Museum
is hosts to many craft villages with       of Royal Fine Arts displays an exhibit
special products: Van Phuc silk, Phu       of 3,700 antique potteries and
Lang pottery, Bat Trang porcelain/         porcelains, 700 out of the 3,700 are
pottery, Phu Vinh with facilities made     gem porcelain items which belonged
from rattan and bamboo, Chuyen My          to the Ly – Tran, Mac, and Le - Trinh
nacre furniture, Quat Dong – Hanoi         dynasties. Numerous antique exhibits
beautiful embroidered handicrafts,         of ancient Sa Huynh, Champa and Chu
Dong Ho paintings Dong Ky – Bac            Dau are on display at a scared space to
Ninh wooden products, Y Yen – Nam          pay tribute to Grand Ho Tan Phan.
Dinh brass products, Non Nuoc – Ninh       Tourists coming to Vietnam are
Binh stone sculptures, and Thanh Ha –      entranced by diverse handicraft
Ha Nam lace embroidery handicrafts.        villages with numerous cultural
The middle region of Vietnam is home       festivals and scared religious
to brass sculptures in Hue and Phuoc       events that show the traditions and
Kieu, Kim Bong potteries in Quang          ancestral customs of long ago.
Nam, Bau Da wine, horse hats in Binh       Visits to traditional craft villages in
Dinh, etc. South Vietnam is famous for     Vietnam bring you on a journey to
Vinh Long and Bau Truc potteries.          discover historical and cultural rich
Each of Vietnam’s ancient village          heritages. Going to Bac Ninh, the
offers unique and diverse handicrafts.     home of wooden fine arts, tourists
Raw materials are transformed into         can visit the ancient Do temple in
beautiful items with the clever hands      Dinh Bang, Dong Ky Communal
an artist’s eye and the craftsman’s care.  House, Phat Tich pagoda and attend
Vietnamese traditional handicrafts         the famous Lim Festival in the
convey a wide variety of art and           spring. Tour operators offer tourists
culture significance. Tourists can hear    exotic tours to these amazing craft
stories about a particular ethnical        villages with inspiring landscapes
culture through its distinct handicrafts.  and colorful cultures.
Vietnamese potteries are among the         Thanks to their locations
most famous traditional handicrafts. In    and convenient modes of
northern Vietnam, Bat Trang, Tho Ha,       transportation, it is easy for tourists
Huong Canh, Phu Lang are popular           to travel to almost all of Vietnam’s
pottery villages. Meanwhile, Dong Nai,     craft villages. Take a drive to the
Song Be, Binh Duong, Ninh Thuan in         ones you find the most interesting
southern Vietnam is home to large          to learn all about the rich history
scale pottery manufactures. Tourists       and culture of Vietnam.
are also very interested in Vietnam’s

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