PRG-1: Bat Trang village-Co Loa Citadel(Hanoi)

 Bat Trang, ceramic village or an old pottery village & CoLoa-an old citadel of Vietnam. (Hanoi)

PRG-2: Van Phuc village – Tram pagoda and Tram Gian Pagoda(Ha Tay Prrovince)

 Van Phuc, a silk village is a great place to silk cloth being produced on the loom. There is a showroom where you can buy silk by the meter, much more exciting that buying it in the shops  Tram pagoda & Tram Gian pagodas.

PRG-3: Bat Trang(Ha Noi) – But Thap Pagoda and Dong Ky village(Bac Ninh province)

 Bat Trang – an old pottery village, here they make ‘Giay do’ paper and paint them with traditional designs. All of paper is made by hand and some, still in the traditional way with all natural products.

But Thap pagoda – the most famous pagoda in Bac Ninh and one of the most beautiful pagoda in North Vietnam.

Dong Ky – carpentry village. Here they made furniture inlaid with mother of pearl and finished off with layer of clear lacquar. In laying the mother of pearl is highly labour intensive, see how it is delicately sawed info fine-bone sliver and paints takingly set into wood.

PRG-4: Thay ( master pagoda) & Tay Phuong pagoda in Ha Tay province

TayPhuong Pagoda which was built in the 17th century, and is very famous for the 18 statues of La Han coated with lacquer paint. After that we visit Thay Pagoda which was first built in 11 century. This one is located at the foot of Thay mountain and has a neat setting. In here, you’ll have a chance to see the oldest stage for performing water puppet right in the village lake.