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Fine-arts and handicraft
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Folk Paintings
Folk paintings are a combination of traditional cultural values with ancient artistic methods that have been created through the labour of past generations. There are two types of Vietnamese folk paintings, Tet (Lunar New Year Festival) paintings and worshipping paintings.
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The refined art of Bat Trang ceramics
Bat Trang is an ancient village situated on the northern bank of the Red-river, about eight kilometers from the center of Hanoi with seventy-two white ground hillocks and Chu Dau china of Hai Duong province.
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Fan makers
Fans made of paper, silk, and wood are a cultural feature only found in Asia.
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Old-style Thanh Ha Ceramics
Located next to the ancient quarter of Hoi An, the Thanh Ha ceramic village has been in existence for a long time. The village is famous for its traditional ceramic products.
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The Glowing Lanterns of Ancient Hoi An
The tradition to decorate the ancient town in Hoi An with multi-colored lanterns, which started three centuries ago, is still continued today on the fourteenth night of each lunar month in this small town in central Vietnam.
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The gourd life
What can make music, hold water and inspire dozens or legends in Vietnam's Central Highlands, the gourd is a godsend.
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Conical hats in former imperial Hue City
Hat-making village Phu Cam (also Phuoc Vinh) lies on the southern bank of the An Cuu River in the centre of the former imperial capital of Hue. It's a village famous for its traditional way of making conical hats for hundreds of years.
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Chuong village
If you are lucky enough to arrive at Chuong village on market day, you will happen upon a wonderful scene, the village's market ground covered with thousands of conical palm hats, known in Vietnamese as non.
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Vietnamese Silk - a national treasure
Van Phuc is situated on the bank of Nhue River, 10km from Hanoi on the southwest motorway. The village is in the centre of Ha Dong Town, Ha Tay Province, and the biggest silk production village in Vietnam. The sound of looms has filled Van Phuc for a thousand years, and is a touching sound to villagers when returning from far away.
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Huong Canh Pottery Village
The village is situated on the side of National Highway Two, about one hour drive from Hanoi to the north.
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