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VIETNAMESE
MANUFACTURING CULTURE

• Sub-regions of Vietnam
• Craft villages of Vietnam
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How many regions are there in Vietnam?

8 regions
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Northwest Northeast Red River North Central

Delta Coast
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Central South Central Southeast Mekong

Highland Coast River Delta
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Điện Biên Sơn La

Hòa Bình Lai Châu

Lào Cai Yên Bái

NORTHWEST
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Hà Giang Cao Bằng

Phú Thọ
Bắc Kạn Lạng Sơn
Bắc Giang

Tuyên Quang Thái Nguyên

Quảng Ninh
NORTHEAST
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NORTHWEST
GEOGRAPHY
 Mountainous area
 Rugged terrain with high
mountains running from
northwest to southeast.
NORTHEAST
 Complex topography
 Tropical climate, but influenced by northeast
monsoon and differentiation in climate,
 A large amount of fossils and natural
resources, especially coal and metals.

PEOPLE
 Ethnic minority groups: H  Living standard higher than that of
‘Mong, Dao, Thai, the entire country and other
Muong, Tay etc living in regions.
low valleys,  Most diverse ethnic structure with
mountainsides and high 40 ethnic groups living together.
hills
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NORTHWEST NORTHEAST

ECONOMY
 Natural resources and
 Wet rice cultivation on
conditional position  a
terraced paddy fields
comprehensive economy
 Animal husbandry,
 Stable tropical ecological
handicraft production,
system  agriculture, forestry.
hunting, farming, fishing,
 Rich sources of fossils and
and gathering forest
metals  mining and
products.
processing minerals industry
 Cultivation and exploitation
 Services and trade in this region
of resources in forests
are relatively developing in big
cities.
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Hải Dương
Hải Phòng Hưng Yên
Nam Định
Ninh Bình Thái Bình
Vĩnh Phúc Hà Nội
RED RIVER DELTA
An Giang
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Bến Tre Đồng Tháp

Bạc Liêu Cần Thơ Sóc Trăng

Trà Vinh Hậu Giang Kiên Giang

Tiền Giang Long An Vĩnh Long
Cà Mau
MEKONG RIVER DELTA
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GEOGRAPHY
 Flat topography with dense rivers
and streams
 A long coastline: beautiful
beaches and favorable places to
develop fishery industry.
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 Located at the end of the Indochina
Peninsula and being adjacent to the
southern key economic zone
 Relatively flat topography
 Humid tropical climate with
equatorial features.

RED RIVER DELTA
PEOPLE
 Mostly Kinh people + a small
proportion Muong ethnic
minority group.
 Dense population
ECONOMY
 Comprehensive development of
agricultural-forestry-fishery
production
 Mineral resources with large
reserves
 Economic structure: decrease in
agriculture, increase in
husbandry, fisheries, industrial
plants and food plants.
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MEKONG RIVER DELTA
 Many ethnic groups: Kinh (90%),
Khmer (6%), Chinese (6%) and Cham.
 Dense population
 Famous for having the largest granary in
Vietnam.
 Fishery growing sharply in both
production and export.
 Other developing industries: textiles,
garments, construction materials, and
chemicals.
 Great potential for tourism
development.
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Hà Tĩnh Nghệ An

Thanh Hóa

Quảng Bình Quảng Trị

Thừa Thiên Huế

NORTH CENTRAL COAST

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Bình Định Bình Thuận

Quảng Nam

Đà Nẵng Khánh Hòa

Quảng Ngãi
Ninh Thuận Phú Yên
SOUTH CENTRAL COAST

NORTH CENTRAL COAST
GEOGRAPHY
 Complex terrain, severe and
fluctuant weather.
 Climate: cold and rainy in
winter and hot-dry weather in
summer
PEOPLE
 25 different ethnic groups
(Thai, Muong, Tay,
H'mong, Bru-Van Kieu,
etc)
 Unevenly distribution
from east to west.
 Kinh people mainly live in
the eastern coastal plain.
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SOUTH CENTRAL COAST
 Eastern area of southern Truong Son
Mountain Range.(Bach Ma Mountain to
the south of the region)
 Series of spectacular peninsulas and
bays with beautiful beaches.
 Climate: rainy season and dry season.
 31.6% in cities and towns.
 Ethnically dominated by Vietnamese
people (or Kinh group).
 Some ethnic minorities: Cham (with the
most proportion) in lowlands near Phan
Rang, Binh Thuan, and Binh Dinh.
 Other minorities: Xtieng, Ma, and Ede
mostly in the mountainous area in the
west.
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NORTH CENTRAL COAST SOUTH CENTRAL COAST

ECONOMY
Wet rice agriculture, processing
 Mining exploitation and
industry, handicrafts, forestry, fishery,
building materials.
mining, and tourism
 Wood processing industry,
Agriculture continues to be a major
mechanics, textiles, food
producing sector.
processing.
Animal husbandry developed in small
 Mountainous region: Animal
scale, mainly in household scale
husbandry, perennial
Fishery, aquaculture and seafood
industrial crops such as
processing industry well-developed
coffee, tea (Nghe An), rubber
industries
(Quang Binh), pepper (Quang
Living standard: still low compared
Binh)....
with other regions
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Đắc Lắk Đắc Nông

Gia Lai

Kon Tum Lâm Đồng

CENTRAL HIGHLAND
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GEOGRAPHY
 Many forests with biological diversity and large
potential for tourism.
 Two seasons: rainy season dry season
 Climate in plateaus in height of 400-500m is
relatively cool and rainy
PEOPLE
 Multi-ethnic and multi-cultural area with 47 ethnic
groups (Ba Na, Gia Rai, E De, Co Ho, etc)
 Lower living and educational standards and compared
to other regions due to difficulties in transportation,
geography and economics.
ECONOMY
 Basaltic soils: growing industrial crops (coffee, cocoa, pepper, cashew, and
rubber)
 Diverse system of waterfalls  the hydropower resources
 Problems: Lack of highly skilled labor, poor infrastructure, and mountainous
terrain
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Đồng Nai Bình Dương

Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu

Bình Phước Tây Ninh

Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

SOUTHEAST
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GEOGRAPHY
 Important transportation hub
 Equatorial climate: high temperature and virtually no
changes in a year.

PEOPLE
 Highest population growth rate in the country.
 Kinh the majority of the population.
 36 different ethnic minority groups (Tay, Cham,
Muong, Dao, Mnong, Thai, Nung, Khmer, etc).

ECONOMY
 Most significant development compared with other regions.
 Educational, scientific and technological institutions, economic centers,
industrial zones, and developing urban systems located here promoting services
and industries in this region
 Industrial plants (rubber, coffee, tea, cashew, mulberry, peanuts, soybeans,
rush, cane, and fruit trees with the high economic value) and aquaculture,
livestock and fishing.
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Which region has the most provinces?

MeKong River Delta

13 provinces
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Which region is most ethically varied?

Central Highland

47 ethnic groups
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CRAFT VILLAGES
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11th century 3,500 12 million

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CERAMICS AND POTTERY

Ancient
Vietnamses In the
Cerammics and Pottery Early Imperial Era

The Period of In the

Chinese Domination Late Imperial Era
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SILK WEAVING
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(Hà Đông)
(Lâm Đồng)

 1960s
 Foundation laid by the Japanese,
following their research to seek the
most suitable land for silk industry in
Vietnam

Origin
 1,000 years ago
 By Mrs. A Lã Thị Nương, an official’s
wife, who passed the weaving silk craft
down to local people

VẠN PHÚC
Development
 Popular both within Vietnam and
exported to France, Thailand,
Indonesia, Eastern European
countries  thrived in 20th
century
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BẢO LỘC
 5 decades after its beginning, the
village began to confirm its
reputation in the Vietnam market
 Technologies & equipment
shipped from abroad  higher
quality  attract meticulous
customers
 Appeared in Japan, Italy, England,
Middle Eastern countries in 2017
 Used to produce kimonos for the
Japanese, headscarves for
Arabians, high-quality suits
 Worn by APEC officials in 2006 &
2017
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F U T U R E O F C R A F T V I L L AG ES

 Shortage of human resources

 Difficulties in building brand recognition
 Outdated technology
 Untrained labourers
 Environmental pollution
 Lack of understanding about international markets

 What solutions do you suggest to address the problems that

traditional craft villages are facing?
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