Vạn Phúc, Hà Đông
Village in Hà Đông / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]