Craft Link

Top choice in Hanoi


A not-for-profit organisation near the Temple of Literature that sells quality tribal handicrafts, textiles and weavings at fair-trade prices. The bags are quite beautiful and richly coloured – explore them over two floors. There's another branch a little further down the road.


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