Lái Thiêu

Lái Thiêu is a ward of Thuận An town in Bình Dương Province of Southeast region of Vietnam. It is famous for its ceramics and fruits.[2][3]

Lái Thiêu
Phường Lái Thiêu
Ward
Vietnamese New Year celebration in 2012
Vietnamese New Year celebration in 2012
Coordinates: 10°54′17.6″N 106°42′0.0″E
Country Vietnam
RegionSoutheast
ProvinceBình Dương
TownThuận An
Area
[1]
 • Total3.1 sq mi (7.9 km2)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total50,669
 • Density16,612/sq mi (6,413.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Administrative divisions

Lái Thiêu consists of 9 neighborhoods:

  • Hòa Long
  • Long Thới
  • Chợ
  • Nguyễn Trãi
  • Đông Nhì
  • Đông Tư
  • Bình Hòa
  • Bình Đức 1
  • Bình Đức 2

Education
  • Nguyen Trai High School
  • Nguyen Van Tiet Middle School
  • Phu Long Middle School
  • Tran Quoc Toan Primary School

History

Before 1975, Lai Thieu used to be a rich land with many features such as tourism to Cau Ngang and Binh Nham fruit gardens, traditional craft villages, lacquer crafts, glass paintings, clogs, crockery, porcelain, etc. lu, khap... Lai Thieu area is now Thuan An area with 11 communes (Tan Thoi, Phu Long, Vinh Phu, Binh Nham, Binh Hoa, Hung Dinh, An Thanh (Bung), An Son, Binh). Chuan, Thuan Giao and An Phu) also known as Lai Thieu most commune. After 1975, Thuan Giao and An Phu areas were planned to be built in the direction of an industrial park where many people from other places come to live and work, so the name Thuan An is a combination of Thuan Giao and An Phu. to replace Lai Thieu.

References
  1. "Cổng Thông tin điện tử Chính phủ".
  2. Khánh Chương Trà̂n Gó̂m Việt Nam - 2001 Page 165 "In the late 1950s, a similar kind of pottery was manufactured at Lái Thiêu but with a graver tone of enamel named ... In terms of ornamental style, Lái Thiêu pottery is not much different from Bien Hôa ceramics but it has its own beauty, grave ..."
  3. Vietnam Fine Arts Museum - Page 104 Bảo tàng mỹ thuật Việt Nam - 2000 "Another sort of Ceramics was produced by Phủ Lãng, Quế Quyển ovens (northern Vietnam), Bảo Vinh (central Vietnam), Lái Thiêu ( southern Vietnam). They might have come into being very early and were rather well developed in this ...


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