Attractions at the village festival include four main walking streets dedicated to highlighting silk making, cuisine, flowers, and the silk trade, respectively.
Other activities at the Van Phuc Village Festival include a water puppet show, quan ho singing and chau van singing. The festival aims to promote tourism as well as introduce domestic and foreign visitors to many locally-made traditional silk products. Located 10 kilometres west of downtown Hanoi, Van Phuc is renowned for its hundred-year history of silk-making. Van Phuc silk was first showcased internationally at the Marseille Fair in 1931 and in Paris in 1932. Between 1958 and 1988, the village's silk was exported to eastern Europe and now, these traditional products are being sold all over the world. The event is ongoing until November 14th.
