It is a cool autumn morning. The sound of weaving machines echo steadily from various workshops at Ha Village, Phung Xa Commune, in Thach That District, some 50km on the western outskirts of Hanoi centre.

Silk has become more favored in the world market, with the value of raw silk market alone estimated at $20 billion. Bao Loc could serve as a jumping board for Vietnam to join the lucrative market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese businesses have been flocking to Vietnam, competing with Vietnamese enterprises to collect materials, causing a material shortage. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businesspeople dream of reviving traditional silk weaving, and In order to do this, they need to find suitable modern technologies.

For over 500 years, Ma Chau Village, also called "Tam Tang Silk Village", in Nam Phuoc Town, Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province has been famous both at home and abroad for silk weaving.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The land of Bao Loc in Lam Dong is famous nationwide for growing mulberries, raising silkworms and weaving silk. Bao Loc silk is very beautiful, glossy and velvety.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The oratorio Lua (silk), by Vietnamese composer Quoc Bao will be on stage for one night only at WE Music Club in the city on August 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The craft villages fall into distress because of their own faults. Some villages do business without a long-term development plan. Some others label their products as Chinese goods.

The Vietnamese Ao Dai has graced the world’s catwalks, acclaimed for its luxuriously elegant appearance as well as its softness and lightness.