Craft Villages in Vietnam

Woven Ethiopian Baskets

Basket weaving is one of the oldest human crafts. Found throughout the centuries in numerous forms across countless cultures, peoples, and groups, woven baskets rank with pottery and textilessket weaving is one of the oldest human crafts. Found throughout the centuries in numerous forms...

Doi Tam Drum production village

Drums of Doi Tam Village have been well-known throughout the country. These drums look simple but produce very beautiful sounds that seem to express of the makers. Visiting the village, you will have opportunities to study the secret of this craft. According to custom, drum-making techniques are transferred to sons and their wives, not daughters and their husbands.

Non Nuoc village becomes national heritage

Founded 200 years ago, Non Nuoc Stone Carving Village is a traditional village famous for fine art stone engraving products. The founder of the village was craftsman Huynh Ba Quat, a local in Thanh Hoa Province. He brought his families to live here, founding a craft village manufacturing items serving the daily lives of local people such as rice mortars, grain grinders, and tombstones. 

The oldest pottery village in Southeast Asia

About 10 km from Phan Rang City, on the National Highway 1A. Bau Truc pottery items are made from clay from the Quao River mixed with sand. Clay is collected from the river only once a year, each lasting for half a month. Clay is taken more or less depending on the ability of each person. In the clay collecting season, local people try to take as much clay as they can to store, for use in an entire year.

Village restores lacquer lustre

About 7km away from Thu Dau Mot city, Tuong Binh Hiep was Binh An district’s small village producing ancient pictures and was the place receiving residents with clever hands from the North and Central. The combination turned the village into the hub of lacquer picture. Thu land people realized the village’s advantages and made up it into a traditional craft village. The golden era of Tuong Binh Hiep