Đông Hồ painting village & Chuôn Ngọ village


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June 7th 2014
Published: June 30th 2014
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Saturday, 7 June 2014 - We rented a car with driver (about USD 60) and traveled to two craft villages near Hanoi. I wished to see these villages for a long time, but couldn't make my way until this day. Both villages are located 40km away from Hanoi but in opposite directions. We left Hanoi in the morning and traveled 40km to Đông Hồ painting village in Thuận Thành district, Bắc Ninh prov... Read Full Entry



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Mother-of-pearl inlay Mother-of-pearl inlay
Mother-of-pearl inlay

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ lacquerware village
Decoration on a side of bedDecoration on a side of bed
Decoration on a side of bed

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village
Carving on a shellCarving on a shell
Carving on a shell

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village



30th June 2014

Beautiful village
These villages are really beautiful and your photos show so much of what the village is like. It's great these crafts still exist and I do hope Unesco will recognise them. Thanks Ha for another insight into a part of Vietnam that is not well known.

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