Vạn Phúc is a village traditionally associated with

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Hà Đông Hà Đông may refer to several places in Vietnam, including: * Hà Đông ward, a ward of Hanoi *Hà Đông district Hà is a Vietnamese given name, male or female, meaning "river". Hà is a Vietnamese 'surname' (during French colonialism). The na ...

, 8 km south-west of Hanoi. In Vietnamese it is called both ''làng lụa Vạn Phúc'' "Van Phuc silk village" and ''làng lụa Hà Đông'' after the larger village ("làng") area name.

History

It is the best known silk village in Vietnam, and one of the best developed and most visited craft village near

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which has over 90 officially designated handicraft villages.Sustainable Urban Transport in an Asian Context - Page 214 Hitoshi Ieda - 2010 "... and Dong Ho painting village, Van Phuc silk village; Ngu Xa casting bronze village; Bat Trang ceramic village; Ninh Hiep traditional medicine village; Le Mat feeding snake village. At present, Hanoi has over 90 handicraft villages (Fig. 6-11)." Dong Nguyen, developer of the viral mobile game ''

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'', is from Vạn Phúc.

References

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