Bát Tràng (literally: ''bát'' is bowl and ''tràng'' is workshop) is an old, well established village in the

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district of

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. It is about 13 km from central Hanoi. Bát Tràng is known throughout Vietnam for producing a unique style of

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s called Bát Tràng Porcelain. The first museum in Bát Tràng is the privat
Bát Tràng Museum / Museum of Ceramic Art by Vũ Thắng

References

*http://cktcrafts.googlepages.com/battrangvillage *https://vietnamdiscovery.com/hanoi/activities/bat-trang-ceramic-village/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Bat Trang Culture of Hanoi Populated places in Hanoi