VietNamNet Bridge - In fog, people in Hoai Chau Bac commune, Hoai Nhon district in the central province of Binh Dinh work in sedge fields, creating a beautiful countryside picture.

VietNamNet Bridge - “The children in our village cannot have fun or breathe fresh air,” said Nguyen Van Toan, head of Duong O hamlet in Bac Ninh province. 

Hanoi has 1,350 craft villages, all of which create pollution, but there is only one professional waste treatment company.

VietNamNet Bridge - The children in Dong Mai Village of Hung Yen province exposed to lead poisoning are expected to receive medical treatment but they may become ill again as their living environment cannot be improved.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Lang Village residents pay close attention to detail as they carve wooden statues of the Buddha, preserving a traditional craft that has served them well for as long as they can remember. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is time for the National Assembly to enact a law or ordinance to regulate and support craft villages, proposed participants at a forum on the role of craft villages in Viet Nam's international integration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Below are pictures featuring artisans of famous craft villages in Vietnam.

World Cup spirit is taking over the planet, and the event is being talked about in cafes and homes around the globe.

Prof. Dang Thi Kim Chi has spent over 40 years doing research on the environment, particularly in the field of environmental treatment in craft villages.

 According to history books, the people in Thu Hong Village, located near the Ca Lo River, have practiced the traditional craft of making bamboo furniture since the reign of King Le Canh Hung (1740-1786).

 Despite the changes of over 200 years, the bronze casting of incense burners has been preserved and developed by the people of An Hoi Village in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists in Hanoi City can take an interesting short trip to Bat Trang pottery village to buy elegant souvenirs and become a ceramic artisan for the day.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi People's Council has ratified a list of construction works for preservation, including old streets, traditional craft villages, the works built before 1954 and intangible cultural heritage in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – For over 60 years, Dinh An chopping-board craft village in Lo Vap District in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has been somewhere people can sense the hardship of locals as well as admire their dexterity,

 Join a tour to the Viet Nam Museum of History this Saturday to discover how a variety of civilisations have shaped Vietnamese history.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has awarded the 2013 Vietnam Environmental Award to the Nung ethnic community in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang for their solutions to protect, use rationally

Hanoi of the old time with traditional craft villages in the Old Quarter is restored at an exhibition at Dong Lac Temple - 38 Hang Dao, Kim Ngan Temple 42-44 Hang Bac and the Heritage House at 87 Ma May.

The President of Vietnam Craft Villages Association said the sense of artisans is limited and they do not have a global vision, while the artisans complained that they were not supported by the state so they could do business only on emotions.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The craft villages fall into distress because of their own faults. Some villages do business without a long-term development plan. Some others label their products as Chinese goods.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is known as the land of traditional jobs with 1,530 craft villages. Because of economic recession, cheap foreign goods have flooded into the country, threating the existence of these villages.