Kim Bong carpentry village struggles to keep trade alive
At the age of 80, craftsman Huynh Ri in Kim Bong carpentry village, in Hoi An City, still creates unique wooden carvings and souvenirs at his family workshop.
The last iron forger keeps the furnace’s flame burning on Hanoi’s old street
In the memories of many Hanoians’ generation, Lo Ren street in Hoan Kiem District houses many forging furnaces.
Dong Binh Griddle Cakes
Located on the outskirts of Tuy Hoa City in the province of Phu Yen, the ancient village of Dong Binh is well known for the traditional craft of making griddle cakes that has existed for hundreds years. It is widely acknowledged that the griddle cakes from the village are more delicious than those from other regions of the country.
Visiting 500-year-old pottery making village of Thanh Ha
Over the past five centuries, locals in the ancient pottery village of Thanh Ha have kept their traditional method of making pottery – hand made and wheel thrown.
Vietnam’s Youngest Artisan
After many failures, Nguyen Tran Hiep, who had always wanted to get rich from the traditional craft in his hometown of Tu Son in the northern province of Bac Ninh, finally succeeded when he became the youngest national artisan in Vietnam at the age of 37. Thanks to a drastic renovation and a large investment, his small workshop, Hiep Thang, developed into a large scale fine-art furniture cooperative which has changed the thinking and the old way of practicing the craft of many locals in the region.
