Mekong delta Craft Villages
The Mekong Delta is a region of the Mekong River delta. According to the statistics of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam in 2011, the total area of the provinces in the Mekong Delta is 40,548.2km², with a total population of 17,330,900 people. It is located adjacent to the Southeast region, bordering Cambodia to the north, the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and the East Sea to the southeast. When participating in tourism tours and researching craft villages, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the technical process of traditional crafts, immerse themselves in the community life with customs, practices, and rituals of traditional craft villages. In the Southwest region, as of the end of 2009, there were about 164 craft villages, including: 38 bamboo and rattan craft villages; 16 weaving villages; 8 pastry-making villages; 7 flour-making villages; 7 brick and pottery villages; 5 coconut product-making villages; 4 core tile-making villages; 3 broom-making villages; 2 wine-making villages; and other products such as forging, drums, ancestral altars, ornamental flowers, and boats, with only 01 craft village. Below, I will briefly introduce some famous crafts and craft villages that can contribute to the development of tourism: AN GIANG: The entire province of An Giang currently has 82 traditional handicraft villages associated with tourism development services (including 24 villages recognized by the provincial People's Committee, 14 traditional craft villages that have existed for over 50 years): Tan Chau silk craft village Van Giao and Chau Giang brocade weaving villages. fishing net-making village; household wooden furniture-making villages like Long Giang, Long Dien, My Luong, and Cho Thu (Cho Moi). bamboo and rattan weaving village Long Giang. strawberry farming, silkworm breeding, and silk weaving in Tan Chau. ironwork in Phu My (Phu Tan) weaving in Cu Lao Gieng (Cho Moi) brick and tile making in Chau Thanh and Chau Phu glass painting in Long Dien B and My Luong (Cho Moi) fish cage farming in Chau Doc and My Hoa Hung (Long Xuyen) brocade weaving in My A (Tan Chau town) Champa silk weaving in Chau Phong Uzu weaving village bamboo silk art palm leaf paintings bamboo basket weaving rice paper-making in My Khanh incense-making in Binh Duc (Long Xuyen) sugar-making in An Phu (Tinh Bien) bamboo-weaving in My An, Long Giang crab-shell craft in My Duc crab trap making in My An (Thanh Phu);… Tan Chau silk craft village - Click on the link to see map of the village BAC LIEU: Bac Lieu province has 6 famous and traditional craft villages. In Hong Dan and Phuoc Long districts, there are villages specializing in: weaving mats, bamboo and rattan weaving (Ninh Thanh Loi) makeshift village, blacksmithing, mat weaving, rice paper-making village (Ngan Dua township) woodworking village (Ninh Hoa) mat-making, knife-making, woodworking, Dong hai salt-making villages; leaf-rolling craft. The profession of salt making is known for its challenges, yet the resilient people of Bac Lieu are determined to persevere, with a strong desire to preserve the traditional craft. Photo credit: Phuong Nghi. There are…