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Craft villages
Traditional craft villages, artisans and hands-on culture.
Photo: Phương Huy / Wikimedia Commons · CC0Pottery, lacquer, rattan, salt — crafts kept alive for generations around the city. The series introduces villages, artisans and experiences visitors can join.
Stories (5)
Craft villages · Craft villages
Lái Thiêu pottery and the rooster bowl
Everyday ceramics familiar to many southern Vietnamese homes.
Craft villages · Craft villages
Tương Bình Hiệp lacquer: layers of time
A many-step process and the small workshops keeping it alive.
Craft villages · Artisans
Tân Uyên rattan in an artisan’s hands
Portrait of a maker, and products that travel from village to city.
Craft villages · Cultural experiences
A day as an apprentice in a craft village
Hands-on sessions visitors can book with artisans.
Craft villages · Craft villages
Long Điền salt: a seaside craft
Salt pans, the dry season and the people who work them.
Places in this theme
Craft villages · Chanh Hiep
Tuong Binh Hiep lacquer craft village
Lang nghe son mai Tuong Binh HiepA southern Vietnamese lacquer village more than 300 years old
Craft villages · An Hoi Tay
An Hoi bronze censer casting village
Lang nghe duc lu dong An HoiA bronze censer village keeping a generation's fires burning in the heart of Saigon
Craft villages · Long Dien
An Nhut Banh Hoi Village
Lang banh hoi An NhutA rice banh hoi craft more than 300 years old in An Nhut, now part of Long Dien commune, Ho Chi Minh City
Craft villages · Tan Phuoc
Tan Phuoc Stone Village
Lang da Tan PhuocA cluster of stone-carving workshops along National Highway 51, in Tan Phuoc - Phuoc Hoa ward
Craft villages · Tan Khanh
Tan Phuoc Khanh Pottery Village
Lang gom Tan Phuoc KhanhOne of the three long-established ceramic areas of the former Binh Duong province, now part of Tan Khanh ward, Ho Chi Minh City
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