14 guides tagged traditional-crafts — sort or switch view to find what fits.
Ha Thai village, 45 km south of Hanoi, is where the layered, glossy lacquerware you see across Vietnam actually gets made — here's how to visit a working workshop.
About 35 km east of Hanoi, Dong Ho village has been printing woodblock folk art for centuries. Here's what the craft actually involves and how to visit.
An hour from Hanoi, Dong Ho village has been carving woodblock prints for centuries. Here is what the craft actually involves and how to visit without wasting the trip.
About 30 km west of Hanoi, Chang Son village has been splitting bamboo and painting silk fans for centuries. Here's what to expect when you visit a working workshop.
Thirty kilometers from Hanoi's Old Quarter, Cu Da village still ferments soy sauce in open-air clay vats — a craft that once supplied the whole region and now barely survives.
Hai Duong has been producing mung bean cakes for over a century. Here's what makes them different, where to buy them, and why they matter.
Kim Bong is a centuries-old woodworking village on an island across the Thu Bon River from Hoi An. Here's what to expect, how to get there, and what to do.
Tan Phuoc Khanh has been firing clay for over a century. Here's how to visit this working ceramic village on the northern edge of greater Saigon.
Tho Ha is a 600-year-old pottery village on the Cau River in Bac Ninh province, where kiln-fired walls and rice wine culture outlast the ceramics trade itself.
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