Van Giao Brocade Village

The village is located in Van Giao Commune, Tinh Bien District, An Giang Province. Van Giao brocade symbolizes the beauty and rich cultural character of Khmer ethnic people's brocade.

Van Giao brocade has multiform style, harmonious colour and fine pattern because weavers combined traditional method and modern technique. The specific dyeing technique of Van Giao Village is use of natural dyes. It makes silk shining, smooth and fast.

For brocade shawls, Khmer people usually weave 3 layers of silk fibres with 3 different colours. If looking straight, you will see blue. If looking from the left side, you will see orange. If looking from the right side, you will see red. And for brocade picture or table-cover, the weaving technique is more difficult because the patterns usually base on fairy tales.

Van Giao brocade is currently exported to many countries such as United State, Australia, France, Thailand, Cambodia... under trade brand Khmer Silk.