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National flag making village in Hanoi busy ahead of Tet

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VOV.VN - With the festive season just around the corner, villagers residing in Tu Van village in Thuong Tin district of Hanoi are busy making national flags to meet customers’ increasing demand in the lead up to the Lunar New Year holiday, known locally as Tet.
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Located over 30 km south of Hanoi, Tu Van village has been renowned for making national flags for the past 70 years.
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On September 2, 1945, tens of thousands of red flags with a yellow five-pointed star in the middle made by Tu Van villagers blanketed Ba Dinh Square, where President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam.
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Since then, millions of flags produced by the craftsmen of Tu Van village have been shipped to localities nationwide for important national celebrations.
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Local people living in the village have always taken great pride in their craftsmanship of sewing the national flag, with the craft passed down from generation to generation.
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Today, many families in Tu Van village continue the tradition of producing national flags.
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Besides National Day on September 2, Tet is also considered another major occasion during which villagers in Tu Van are busier than ever.
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Nguyen Van Phuc’s family is among those in Tu Van village that typically makes most flags each year.
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His family makes use of the machine in some steps.
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According to local craftsman Dang Hong Huong, compared to last year, the number of orders has significantly decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Huong says his family is the only household in the village to maintain the craft manually.
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He notes that those made by hand have their own beauty.
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