Where is one of the one oldest villages for making silk for áo dài?
Visit Vạn Phúc Village in Hà Đông Town (Hà Tây Province) for a taste of Việt Nam's traditional craft villages and also for surprisingly good bargains on high-quality silk. Vạn Phúc, traditionally the nation's silk manufacturing hub, is only 10 km from central Hà Nội on the border between city and countryside. The silk-production facilities in the village include both small factories and home workshops. Most of the silk looms, which fill entire rooms of local homes, are constructed on site. The noise of shuttles clacking back and forth is overwhelming in such small spaces.
The homemade products are quietly beautiful. According to the commune's record, Vạn Phúc started making silk int he late 4th century and was famous for the craft by the 11th century, when King Lý Thái Tổ moved the capital to Thăng Long (present-day Hà Nội). He used Vạn Phúc silk for Nguyễn Dynasty (1802 - 1945), Vạn Phúc produced seventy different kinds of silk, including the (silk with tiny holes), gấm (thick silk with embossed flowers), and vân (thin silk with woven and embossed flowers).
Mr. Đỗ Văn Lợi, vice president of the Vạn Phúc Commune People's Committee, notes that 1.000 out of 1.300 households commune are involved in silk production. A large manufacturer might have up to twenty looms and employ twenty workers. Each year the commune produces from 800.000 to one million metres of silk.
The main street of the village has about thirty shops with a wide range of products. Prices are anywhere from 20-50% cheaper than on Hàng Gai or Hàng Bông Street in Hà Nội's Old Quarter, depending on your skill at bargaining. Most of silk-producing workshops are in the commune's more remote streets.
The homemade products are quietly beautiful. According to the commune's record, Vạn Phúc started making silk int he late 4th century and was famous for the craft by the 11th century, when King Lý Thái Tổ moved the capital to Thăng Long (present-day Hà Nội). He used Vạn Phúc silk for Nguyễn Dynasty (1802 - 1945), Vạn Phúc produced seventy different kinds of silk, including the (silk with tiny holes), gấm (thick silk with embossed flowers), and vân (thin silk with woven and embossed flowers).
Mr. Đỗ Văn Lợi, vice president of the Vạn Phúc Commune People's Committee, notes that 1.000 out of 1.300 households commune are involved in silk production. A large manufacturer might have up to twenty looms and employ twenty workers. Each year the commune produces from 800.000 to one million metres of silk.
The main street of the village has about thirty shops with a wide range of products. Prices are anywhere from 20-50% cheaper than on Hàng Gai or Hàng Bông Street in Hà Nội's Old Quarter, depending on your skill at bargaining. Most of silk-producing workshops are in the commune's more remote streets.
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