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Vạn Phúc is a village traditionally associated with silk weaving in Hà Đông, 8 km south-west of Hanoi.[1] 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.
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It is the best known silk village in Vietnam, and one of the best developed and most visited craft village near Hanoi which has over 90 officially designated handicraft villages.[2]
Dong Nguyen, developer of the viral mobile game Flappy Bird, is from Vạn Phúc.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lonely Planet Southeast Asia - Page 858 China Williams - 2010 "See silk cloth being produced on a loom in Van Phuc, a silk village that is 8km southwest of Hanoi in Ha Tay province."
- ^ 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)."
- ^ Kushner, David (March 11, 2014). "The Flight of the Birdman: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 15, 2014.