Welcome to Dong Xam Silver Handicraft, a famous tranditional handicraft villeage of Vietnam We thank you for visiting us and congratulations that you have come to the right place - the producer of Vietnam silver and bronze crafts where you can find the new and creative designed handmade silver and copper items meeting your needs at low costs, fast delivery and more....This is an official web site for Dong Xam Silver Handicrafts Association, a group of dedicated silver-smiths and craftsmen of the traditional silver crafts village called Dong Xam - known as a home of Vietnam's finest handmade silver and copper wares, unique to Asia and all over the World.* History of Dong Xam Silver Handicraft VilleageThe Silver Handicrafts going with unique excellent goods is named Dong Xam (Copper-Engraving Village), a well-known and age-old centre for jewelry. When the main product of Chau Khe (Hai Hung) is gold, Dinh Cong (Ha Noi) is gold jewel but Dong Xam (Thai Binh) is expert in carving silver. Dong Xam Silver Handicrafts Village (the old name is Duong Tham) is located in the right bank-side of Dong Giang river in Hong Thai village, Kien Xuong district, Thai Binh province. There are still a small pagoda and a stone tablet in the area of Duong pagoda (present Thuong Gia Hamlet), that is the tablet of ancestral work with the words, that means: In the 10th year under the reign of Chinh Hoa (1689), Nguyen Kim Lau, progenitor, is a gold and silver smith in Chau Long. He went to Dong Xam region and set 12 guilds to hand down profession.Nguyen Kim Lau lived in round the early time of 17 century so the silver-carving and copper-engraving Dong Xam is existed for about 400 years. It started at first with the copper-welding, tank-making, knife and scissors making, knock-repairing, pottery-making... after that jewelry-making and becomes expert in carving silver. The same as the other superior handicrafts as cooper-casting, metallurgy... as jewelry work gets high profits for worker and demands complex technique so it is always kept as a trade secret. So far, the technique is not exclusive but some methods and arts are still esoteric. The Ancient Silver-Carving Group forms a strict rule in Village regulation as follow: The people handing down profession to the other area, the person of other village or imitating to cheat other person, losing prestige is punished heavily... or is caned in front of the ancient worship house or has to be expunged in group. The silver-carving Dong Xam is very different and superior to the other; It has new style of cubic, style of shape, well-decorated form and balance. The feature is based on the way to use the dark and light of the light reflection of silver material. The specific characteristic of Dong Xam products is very skilled and perfect. It may say the talent and caution of craftsman in Dong Xam Village have met the demand of strict customers who are the most well- informed art. During the war of resistance against French colonialists for 9 years (1946-1954), the silver carving was brought to a standstill. Till the day of reformed Peace, from 1945 up to now gold and silver production is rehabilitated and developed. But under the system based on administrative subsides products are negligible, monotonous and short of creation. Till the innovation times, some years recently, the silver-carving workman is fully "free Struggle" in market mechanism. They do business themselves as small trades, family models, direct exporters... new opportunity is coming back to the Dong Xam person and the silver carving. Most Dong Xam worker practice a profession in village, many families is getting wealthier. Some worker, mainly young workers go out to produce and train. At any times, Dong Xam silver-carving worker always put the prestige and talent at the first rank to keep their virtue, conscience and the genius profession of Vietnam.