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painted

beautiful

handicrafts

Anyone who has ever visited Hanoi will probably tell you that it may be the most city in all of Asia - people have settled here along the Red River for a

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(1) thousand years.

Hanoi is very famous (2) the 36 streets. Some of the 36 streets that make up the Ancient Quarter still offer only a single product. One of the best is Hang Quat, where shops sell an incredible array of lacquered wood candle sticks, bowls, picture frames, religious shrines, and decorative pieces. Practically every single item is (3) in some combination of red, white and gold. Many of the low, will begin to die out along with the present generation creating them. The shelves of shops in Ho Chi Minh city are Vietnamese (5) of (6) already filled with factory made rubbish. Sadly, this will happen in Hanoi soon enough.

things are elaborate to the point of being garish. Since prices are (4) buy what you can. Like folk art in other developing nations, these uniquely Northern