According to one statistics, in Vietnam, there are more than two thousand handicraft villages pertaining to different groups of professions, ranging from lacquering, pottery and porcelain, wood, weaved paintings, stone, knitting rattan to kinds of foods like "giò chả" (a kind of pork sausage), fruits and vegetables, and so on.
Each handicraft village has its distinct occupation which brings income to the villagers and deeply inside the occupation, we can realise the culture of a hamlet, a village or an entire region.
Originating from the development of the agricultural civilisation, Vietnamese handicraft villages gradually form and develop, containing many interesting things attached to the villages' development. There are handicraft villages that no one knows when and how it was established though they have grown firmly by the time, until the present. These villages are not only well-known to the local inhabitants but also to foreigners living outside the Vietnam's frontier. The distinct hallmarks of various professions have made the villagers much proud of their products.
Mentioning silk, no one could forget the Van Phuc Silk of Ha Tay land and Tan Chau Silk in Lanh My A of An Giang Province. Besides, people normally talk about Bat Trang Pottery and "com" (green rice flakes) in Ha Noi Capital; Phu Lang Pottery and Dong Ho Folksy Paintings in Bac Ninh Province; the stone fine arts village Non Nuoc in Da Nang Province; the wood village Kim Bong in Quang Nam; Ca Mau's sedge mat; "non bai tho" (hat made of latania leaves) from Hue region; the soybean sauce Ban Yen Nhan, "non la" (palm-leaf conical hat) of Chuong Village, "gio cha" Uoc Le, vegetables from Tra Que Village, ornament flowers of Cai Mon Village in Ben Tre; ornament flowers from Sa Dec Village in Dong Thap Province; etc. These professions as well as the products made from those can be called the quintessence of the nature going with the skillful hands and clever brain of the residents.
Nowadays, handicraft villages are not just the place for manufacturing products in order to server great demands in the market, but also where an enormous potential for tourism industry exists. The villages have been navigating for people who want to discover the culture, traditions, and characters of the regions and the human residing there.
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