Hanoi’s well-known Bat Trang ceramics village is busy making pottery piggy banks these days as the Vietnamese lunar new year festival, Tet, is drawing near.



Bat Trang village is the largest maker or pottery pigs in Hanoi

{keywords}The production process involves various stages
White fire-resistant clay, the material used to make the piggy banks is mixed thoroughly with water to become smooth and then poured onto molds
The pigs are glazed and then fired at a temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius 


VNA