Bát Tràng

Bát Tràng Bát Tràng
Coordinates: 20°59′N 105°55′E / 20.983°N 105.917°E / 20.983; 105.917Coordinates: 20°59′N 105°55′E / 20.983°N 105.917°E / 20.983; 105.917

Bát Tràng (literally: bát is bowl and tràng is workshop) is an old, well established village in the Gia Lâm district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. It is about 13 km from central Hanoi.

It is famous for producing a unique style of ceramics called Bát Tràng Porcelain. Bát Tràng is well known throughout Vietnam for its beautiful ceramics.

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Hanoi

Historical sites Public buildings and places	Hoàn Kiếm Lake Turtle Tower Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám Cổ Loa Citadel Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long Presidential Palace and Presidential Palace Historical Site Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Flag Tower Opera House Hỏa Lò Prison

Religious and worship sites	Cửa Bắc Church Hàm Long Church One-Pillar Pagoda Perfume Temple Phùng Khoang Church Quán Sứ Temple St. Joseph's Cathedral Trấn Quốc Temple

Parks and green areas	Ba Vì National Park West Lake Trúc Bạch Lake Red River

Museums	Vietnamese Women’s Museum Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Ethnology Museum of Vietnamese Revolution Hanoi Museum Ho Chi Minh Museum Museum of Vietnamese History

Occupational villages	Bát Tràng ceramic village Lệ Mật Vạn Phúc silk village

Other constructions	Noi Bai International Airport Hanoi Railway Station Long Biên Bridge Mỹ Đình National Stadium National Convention Centre Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel Ba Đình Square

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