Bat Trang is 13 km south-east of Hanoi. Bat Trang belongs to Bat Trang Village, Gia Lam District. This is a potteryvillage with a half-millenary historic development. Some decades recently, the vitality of this village is still blown up by the thousands of pottery-kiln on fire day and night.
In recent years, besides Chinese, French, Italian, Thai dishes… Vietnamese gastronomy is becoming famous. New York Times commented Vietnam as the “new gastronomy star in Asia”
Ao Yem, also referred to simply as "Yem", is an ancient Vietnamese bodice used primarily as an undergarment that was once worn by Vietnamese women across all classes.
Fashion TV (FTV) will choose four Vietnamese models for its Miss FTV 2007 in Thailand.