Tan Chau Silk Village

Tan Chau Silk Village is a traditional craft village located in Tan Chau Town, An Giang Province, in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. It is renowned for producing Lanh My A, a distinctive black silk dyed with the fruit of Diospyros mollis (mac nua). The village has preserved silk weaving for over a century and is notable for its manual wooden looms, natural dyeing process, and cultural heritage along the Tien River.

Visitors can expect a small riverside craft village with family-run workshops housing traditional wooden looms. You can observe the full silk-making process from reeling and weaving to dyeing fabric black with mac nua fruit juice and drying it in the sun. Workshops display finished Lanh My A silk products, scarves and ao dai fabric available for purchase, and artisans demonstrating weaving techniques.

Tan Chau silk weaving developed in the early 20th century and flourished during the 1920s-1930s, when Tan Chau became a well-known silk center in southern Vietnam. The craft is particularly associated with Lanh My A silk, a product that requires dozens of dyeing and drying cycles using mac nua fruit, a technique preserved by local families for over 100 years.

The village represents the intangible cultural heritage of the Mekong Delta and preserves traditional Vietnamese silk craftsmanship. Lanh My A silk is considered a cultural symbol of An Giang, valued for its natural materials, glossy black color, cool feel, and use in traditional ao dai. The craft supports local livelihoods and showcases natural dyeing knowledge passed through generations.