Phu Xuyen District, located 30 kilometres south of Hanoi, is renowned as the ’land of hundreds of crafts’, with all 154 villages engaged in various trades.

Phuc Am votive papers and Ha Thai lacquer craft villages in Duyen Thai commune in Thuong Tin district in Hanoi will be included in tours designed for foreign investors.

As part of Hanoi’s drive for global integration, the Van Phuc silk village has been nominated by the World Crafts Council for inclusion in the World Creative Cities Network for crafts.

The bustling working atmosphere has created a hubbub that can be heard all over Ban Mach blacksmith village.

The craft village, which was once a place for thousands of households to earn a living in the heart of HCM City, now just contains mostly elderly people.

The central provincial people’s committee has withdrawn a craft village recognition certificate for the An Phước mat weaving village in Duy Xuyên District, as the village failed to keep to standards.

A craft village located in the heart of HCM City for many years provided the livelihood for hundreds of households whose workers bear scars on their bodies from the hard work.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism and the People's Committee of Thuong Tin district are developing a tour named “Duyen Thai Craft Village Art”.

The products created at a 100-year-old craft village bear a spiritual stamp, so workers and artisans in the craft village say their prayers and pray to Buddha when working.

Dong Xam Silver Craft Village in Thai Binh province, with nearly 600 years of history, is one of the most renowned traditional jewelry-making villages in northern Vietnam.

Phu Thuong's sticky rice vendors are transforming the way they bring their traditional dishes to customers.

Hanoi is promoting the farming of lotus and the production of lotus products in association with tourism development given the plant's values, with a focus on craft villages making products from lotus.

Over the last 30 years, households in Khoai hamlet in Van Lam district in Hung Yen province have become well off by collecting things that other people throw away. But they have also had to endure environmental pollution.

About 45 kilometres north of Hanoi, Tho Ha Village in Bac Giang Province is where rice paper and rice crackers are made. These speciality products have garnered a reputation that extends from northern to southern Vietnam and even abroad.

In a remarkable culinary adventure, Japanese tourists Masami and his wife Yumika, guided by renowned YouTuber Kazuki Matsumoto (Kiki), experienced the unique flavors of snake cuisine in Hanoi's Le Mat village.

The south central province of Binh Dinh not only boasts beautiful natural landscapes with long beaches with turquoise water and soft yellow sand, but is also home to multiple handicraft villages.

Over 30,000 craftsmen are currently working in the Kim Sơn sedge weaving craft in the district, which accounts for around 80 per cent of the district’s yearly handcraft production value.

Located adjacent to Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District, about 25km east of the capital centre, Minh Khai Village (also known as Khoai Village) is often called the village of scrap billionaires.

About 100 kilometres from Hà Nội’s centre, Xối Trì Village in Nam Định Province is a famous place for traditional glass blowing work. From basic tools, residents here could produce unique beer glasses by hand.