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Chau Giang Brocade Village
Location: Chau Giang Brocade Village is located in Tan Chau District, An Giang Province.
Characteristic: Chau Giang Village has been well-known with brocade weaving in recent years.
Dong Xam Silver Village
Location: Dong Xam Silver Village is located in Hong Thai Commune, the north of Kien Xuong District, Thai Binh Province.
Characteristics: Dong Xam is a village whose population is skilled in metal carving.
Thanh Ha Pottery Village
Location: Thanh Ha Pottery Village is located in Thanh Ha Ward, Hoi An Town, Quang Nam Province.
Characteristic: Having its origins from Thanh Hoa Province, the pottery-making profession in Thanh Ha Village absorbed some techniques, original in Quang Nam Province and hence their products have become different from all the others in Vietnam, though also based on clay with manual manipulation and kiln heat. The originality of their products resides in the color, durability, lightness and decoration.
Phuoc Kieu Bronze Casting Village
Location: Phuoc Kieu Bronze Casting Village is located in Dien Phuong Commune, Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province.
Characteristic: Some of the products made by this village are bells, gongs, gong-like music instruments, incense burners, lamp holders, ancient vases, and other bronze musical instruments which are normally used in festivals, ceremonies and daily life.
Lantern work in Hoi An
Location: Hoi An Ancient Town, Quang Nam Province.
Characteristic: Hoi An lantern is various size and shape, from normal lantern to dragon lantern or fish lantern with full of color. Hoi An people highly pride on their lantern. It is very simple and easy to do only with hard-work. In past, there was no "night of ancient city".
Kim Bong Carpenter Village
Location: Kim Bong Carpenter Village is located in Cam Kim Commune, Hoi An Town, Quang Nam Province.
Characteristic: The carpentry of this village is believed to originate from North Vietnam, and has long been famous with its arts of wood carving and sculpture.
Duy Trinh Silk Making Village
Location: Duy Trinh Village is located in Dong Yen - Thi Lai Village, Duy Trinh Commune, Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province.
Characteristic: This village is famous for growing mulberry, breeding silkworms, making silkcords and weaving silk. It is believed that in nowhere else is the silk as fine as it is here.
Ban Thach Sedge Mat
Location: Ban Thach Sedge Mat is located in Duy Vinh Commune, Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province.
Characteristic: The name "Ban Thach" is believed to have existed since the early 16th century when people from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An came and settled down here.
Cat Cat Village
Location: Cat Cat Village is 2km from Sapa Townlet, Sapa District.
Characteristics: This is an age-old village of H'Mong ethnic group remaining unique customs and practices that are lots in other villages.
Mother-of-pearl cultivation
Location: The first village specializing in mother-of-pearl sea cultivation of the northeastern region lies in Van Don Island District, 60km away from Halong City.
Characteristics: This trade has flourished over the past 40 years. This facilitates the cultivation of pearls of different ages.
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