Vietnam's craft village map: where the real makers are

Vietnam has more than 720 officially designated craft villages (làng nghề). For a sourcing buyer, knowing which village does what is the difference between a six-week search and a one-day shortlist. Phu Vinh (Hanoi outskirts). Bamboo and rattan weaving, 400 years of practice. Best for hand-woven baskets, lampshades, room dividers, decorative panels. Strong on small-batch, complex weaves. Bat Trang (Hanoi outskirts). Ceramics since the 14th century. Hand-thrown and slip-cast tableware, planters, lanterns, architectural tiles. Glazes range from traditional celadon to modern matte. Minimum runs from 500 pieces. Bao Loc (Lam Dong, Central Highlands). Mulberry silk reeling and weaving. Raw silk, dupioni, satin, organza. The cooler highland climate gives finer fibre than tropical-lowland silk. Fashion houses in Paris and Tokyo source here. Van Phuc (Hanoi). Silk weaving, more design-led than Bao Loc. Specialises in traditional patterns and small-batch couture fabric. Hung Yen (Red River Delta). Bamboo charcoal, biochar, and traditional pottery. The pyrolysis tradition here predates the modern biochar industry — kilns have been running 200+ years. Dong Ho (Bac Ninh). Folk woodblock prints — niche but globally collected. An Giang / Dong Thap (Mekong Delta). Rice husk biochar pyrolysis, water hyacinth weaving, palm-leaf craft. The biochar industry here is the youngest but growing fastest. Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh). Stone carving and traditional embroidery. Quang Nam (Central coast). Hoi An lantern making, traditional carpentry, mother-of-pearl inlay. Phu Yen / Binh Dinh. Rattan furniture cluster — competing directly with Indonesian Cirebon on quality and EU lead time. A sourcing partner who knows these villages personally cuts your time-to-first-sample by weeks. RFQ us and we will route to the right village by default.