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List of Vietnamese handicraft villages

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In the past, after harvest time, Vietnamese people made handicraft works to meet their own needs. Their products are very skillful and sophisticated, even though they are farmers and do not specialize in handicrafts. The techniques were kept secret, but taught to relatives or fellow villagers.

The village, therefore, became a very important institution in the handicraft industry. The village's name became the trademark of handicraft products made by its villagers. Đình - the village's temple became the place of worship and Tổ nghề the man who first taught the villagers to do these handicraft works.

When urbanization came to Vietnam, many people came to towns/cities and professionalized in the handicraft works they had done in their old village. They did not compete with one another but gathered in phường/hội, the new form of handicraft village, to help others to improve.

The Vietnamese government has recognised about 1500 handicraft villages, of which about 300 are traditional handicraft villages. These villages maintain the country's handicraft heritage.

Bamboo-weaving villages edit

Bronze-casting villages edit

Carpentry villages edit

Drum-making villages edit

Embroidery villages edit

Flower-planting villages edit

Forging villages edit

Lacquer villages edit

Horn sculpture-Oyster-encrusting villages edit

Painting-making villages edit

Paper-making villages edit

See also Dó paper

Pottery-making villages edit

Rock-capturing villages edit

Weaving villages edit

Vegetable-planting villages edit

See also edit

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