Vinh Long Pottery Village

Vinh Long Pottery Village, also known as Mang Thit Pottery Village, is a traditional craft village along the Co Chien River in Mang Thit District, Vinh Long Province, Vietnam. Known as the Kingdom of Red Ceramics, it features hundreds of historic brick and pottery kilns. Notable for its century-old production of red bricks, tiles and ceramics using local clay, the village preserves Mekong Delta craft heritage and offers insight into traditional manufacturing.

Visitors can expect a riverside craft village landscape with rows of tall, beehive-shaped red-brick kilns, many historic and some still active, alongside workshops producing bricks, tiles, pots and decorative ceramics. The setting is along canals and the Co Chien River with clay yards, drying areas and stacks of finished products. Visitors can walk or take a boat to view kilns, observe artisans shaping and firing ceramics, try hands-on pottery, and browse souvenir shops selling ceramic products.

The village developed in the early 20th century and has over 100 years of history as the largest brick and pottery production center in the Mekong Delta. Using rich alluvial clay from the Co Chien River, it supplied red bricks and tiles for construction throughout southern Vietnam and became known for its distinctive large kilns.

The village preserves a traditional craft heritage of the Mekong Delta, representing the livelihood and skills of local artisan families. Red ceramics from Mang Thit are recognized as a distinctive cultural product of Vinh Long, reflecting the region's river-based craft economy and community identity.