Trúc Lâm Handmade
- In a nutshell
- A souvenir shop inside the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Cầu Giấy.
- What to buy
- Dó paper postcards
- Opening hours
- 8:00–17:00 (closed Mon)
- Address
- Inside the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Nguyễn Văn Huyên)
- How it was checked
- Checked by our editors from public information (not yet visited)
- Last checked
- 2026-10-28
What kind of shop?
A souvenir shop inside the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Cầu Giấy. A wide range of crafts, including lacquerware, silk, brocade, wooden dolls and ceramics, with postcards of dó paper (giấy dó) as its signature. Choosing handmade souvenirs right after your museum visit, while it is still fresh in your mind, is what makes this shop special.
Makers & brands sold here
Stories about this shop
- Stories
Coat, polish, repeat until it shines: Vietnamese lacquer
Small boxes and trays in glossy black and vermilion, glinting with eggshell and mother-of-pearl. This is the story of sơn mài, Vietnamese lacquer made by applying tree sap layer upon layer and polishing it back.
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Printing spring on paper made from tree bark: dó paper and Đông Hồ woodblock prints
Dó paper, soft yet strong, is made from tree bark fiber. Đông Hồ prints are made by coating that paper with crushed seashell and layering colors with woodblocks. A story of paper and color handed down in the villages of the north.
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