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VIETNAM NATIONALUNIVERSITY, HANOI
INSTITUTE OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES
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HOANG THI THU HANG

RESEARCH ON REAL SITUATION AND OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT NOW OF JEWELRY OCCUPATION
DINH CONG, HOANG MAI, HA NOI.

MASTER THESIS
Speciality: Vietnamese Studies

Hanoi, 2012

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
INSTITUTE OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES
---------

HOANG THI THU HANG

RESEARCH ON REAL SITUATION AND OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT NOW OF JEWELRY OCCUPATION
DINH CONG, HOANG MAI, HA NOI.

MASTER THESIS

Speciality: Vietnamese Studies

Code: 60.31.60

Supervisor: AssociateProf. Dr. PHAM HONG TUNG

Hanoi, 2012

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WORLDS WARRANTIES

This work is the sync thesis and result of my research. The data and
result described in the thesis is true on the basis of actual survey as well as the
collection, analysis and processing of relevant data sources. These comments
are addressed in the thesis has not been published in other works.
Hanoi, December 1, 2012
Author

Hoang Thi Thu Hang

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
After a time, I finished writing the theme: “Research on real situation
and opportunity development of jewelry occupation Dinh Cong, Hoang Mai,
Ha Noi”.
First of all, I would like to express sincere thanks to the Institute of
Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences, especially Prof. Dr. Nguyen
Quang Ngoc and collective staff of the institute have made it so that I

completed training courses master diplomas specialized field of Vietnamese
Studies.
I thank to the Vietnam National University, Hanoi have created
conditions for I do graduation thesis.
I send my sincere thanks to Vice Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Tung – who was
dedicated to helping me complete the thesis.
I would like to thank the staff of the People’s Committee Dinh Cong,
management relic Dinh Cong Thuong temple, the owners of silver production
iin Dinh Cong, the technology for elderly people and people the ward has
facilitated and enthusiastic help during my field work and thesis.
I also thank my family and friends have encouraged me a lot in the
past.
Although had attempts and efforts, but the thesis inevitable limitations
and shortcomings. Look forward to understanding, sharing and comments of
the teacher, the teacher to be more complete thesis.
Sincerely thank you!
Author

Hoang Thi Thu Hang

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 7
1. Reason to select topic ........................................................................... 7
2.

Overview of the research ...................................................................... 8

3.
4.

Purpose, target research and research scale of thesis ......................... 10
Research Method ................................................................................ 11

5.

Source of Documents of thesis ........................................................... 11

6.

Contribution of thesis ......................................................................... 12

7.

The layout of the thesis ...................................................................... 12

CHAPTER I: RECOMMENDATION ABOUT DINH CONG................ 14
1.1. Land location and character of people ............................................ 14
1.1.1. Geography location of Dinh Cong during many periods ......... 14
1.1.2.

Characters of people ................................................................. 17

1.2.

Establishment and development in Dinh Cong village ................... 19

1.3.

Economic life .................................................................................. 23

1.4.

Some historical and culture place ................................................... 26

1.5. Festivals and hobbies and regulations ............................................. 29
1.5.1. Traditional festivals .................................................................. 29
1.5.2.

Hobbies and customs ................................................................ 30

CHAPTER II: JEWELRY OF DINH CONG VILLAGE ........................ 33
2.1. Concept about jewelry job ................................................................... 33
2.2. The legend about inventor of jewelry job ............................................ 34
2.2.1. The legend about inventor of Dinh Cong jewelry ........................ 34
2.2.2. Some opinions about inventor of jewelry ..................................... 36
2.3.Special presentation of jewelry job in Dinh Cong ................................ 39
2.3.1. Awareness and characters of jewelry skilled workers .................. 39
2.3.2. Topics of products......................................................................... 40
2.3.3.Silver pouring technique ................................................................ 42
2.4.Process, materialfabrication techniques (Speculations process, raw
material technique) ...................................................................................... 43
2.4.1 Manufacture process with gold materials ...................................... 44
2.4.2. Processof silver materialproduction.............................................. 46
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2.5. Production many goods........................................................................ 50
2.5.1 Tools of making products .............................................................. 50
2.5.2 Technique of producing products .................................................. 54
2.5.3 Jewelry products of Dinh Cong ..................................................... 59
2.6. Schedules of making jobs of Dinh Cong jewelry village .................... 61
CHAPTER 3: SITUATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE
JEWELRY JOB IN DINH CONG .............................................................. 68
3.1. Situation of cooking silver and pouring them in frame in Dinh Cong
now .............................................................................................................. 68
3.1.1. Jewelry village reduced but silver cooking and pouring them in
frame in Dinh Cong still continue to keep and develop ......................... 68
3.1.2. Situation about employment labor ................................................ 73
3.1.3. The market situation ..................................................................... 77
3.1.4. Some matters about real situation of silver made job in Dinh Cong
now .......................................................................................................... 79
3.2. Development opportunities of silver made job in Dinh Cong ............. 82
3.2.1. Recommendation the Analysis way SWOT ................................. 82
3.2.2. Development opportunities of silver made job in Dinh Cong
through the analysis method SWOT ....................................................... 87
INCONCLUSION ......................................................................................... 96
REFERENCES
APPENDIX

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INTRODUCTION

1. Reason to select topic
For a long time, people produced and used jewelry to make up.
Demand for jewelry is basically formation and development of jewelry.
Jewelry job is one of handicraft traditional of country. This is not only
produced jewelry by gold, silver or store, but also composes many expensive
goods, many kinds of decoration, including architecture…with many different
materials. So, the products are not only linked with people produced many
kinds of jewelry for beauty but also linked with feudal dynasty in country,
because their products are satisfied with kings, nobles and these products are
tools for opening external relations with foreign countries.
Jewelry village Dinh Cong (now it is Dinh Cong ward, Hoang Mai
district, Hanoi capital) is one of four villages of traditional jewelry in
Northern Delta Zone. Jewelry village Dinh Cong has the hot silver spinning
well known. This village has many kinds of products with many patterns,
sophistication decoration. All products are shown the patient, the intelligent
and creativity of jewelry artisans in Dinh Cong village.
It is the fact that in one decade recently Hanoi has rapidly speeds of
economy, urbanization prolongs the profound chances in many fields. Jewelry
village and traditional handmade village are acting and changing rented from
market, mechanism and the speed of industrialization and modernization
nowadays. This problem is hot for social development now and in the future.
Now, Dinh Cong has many geographical changes, administrative, culture and
society…in line with the process of urbanization.
Especially traditional handmade jewelry of Dinh Cong village is one
occupation showing rapidly change. This village gradually eroded, the
number of people and family makes jewelry are very little, changing model,
kind of products in order to meet the demand of market, cared for high
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ranking officials in conservation and development of silver down…These
changing becomes hot issue for consideration and research on the other hand,
the changing of jewelry now is facing with matters for development of Dinh
Cong. Besides, it also introduce the culture, skill and intelligent of artisans
with many people all over the world by brightening jewelry products to
foreign countries and domestic. On the other hand, the changing of jewelry
handmade also has

some difficulty such as: labor,

market and

product….Development situation of jewelry also arise many matters in
conservation, maintain and development.
So, analysis and research about development reality of jewelry in Dinh
Cong will bring many opportunities and trend of sustainable development of
silver down in Dinh Cong village.
2. Overview of the research
Jewelry job of Dinh Cong village was one of handmade traditional job
well known in Hanoi before. So, there are many researches on matters.
a. Approach inviewofvillagecraftjewels
The books of Jewelry, pearl, gold production, business, antique of Viet
Nam of Bui Van Vuong, Publish house of young people 2010 introduce
profile about history, arts, skill, village, the profession of jewelry job.
The books wrote 36 villages of Thang Long – Ha Noi of Lam Khe
publish house of young, 2010 introduce Dinh Cong jewelry village is one of
36 jewelry handmade village well known in Hanoi.
Folk magazine lights has all deductions Dinh Cong village and

traditional jewelry job of Truong Minh Hang, number 3, 2004, only discuss
about history of Dinh Cong village and typical character of jewelry job Dinh
Cong.
In Magazines Viet Nam and South East (ASEAN) now have all
deductions about jewelry job of BVV, number 12, phase 2 July 1996
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concentrates on discussing the history of jewelry job and topic of crafted gold
and silver craft products. Jewelry job with processing techniques of silver
down Dinh Cong considered as a key role and fame in jewelry job of Viet
Nam.
Historical research Magazine has all deductions on “Thinking about
jewelry job in Viet Nam of Nguyen Duc Toan, number 3, 1992 gives out
some opinions about the profession and history of jewelry job in Viet Nam”.
Books culture of Thang Long – HaNoi thousand years of civilization
making questions and answer about. Hanoi traditional village of Hanoi wrote
by Vu Van Nhien presents list of questions and answer about history,
characteristics and values of villages, streets in Hanoi, including Dinh Cong
jewelry village.
Books celebrated thousand years of Thang Long – Hanoi: handmade
village of Hanoi wrote by Ha Nguyen, published house of information and
speaking, 2010 introduced Dinh Cong village is one of good known
handmade village of Thang Long – Hanoi before.
In series of Books on occupation ha a book mentioned jewelry job of
many writers Nguyen Duc, The Thanh, Hong Anh, stock company directory
Viet Nam policy introduced the history and the profession of jewelry village.
b. Approach in view of the traditional craft

Vietnamese association of folk arts: Craft village street Thang Long –
Ha Noi of two writers Tran Quoc Vuong and Do Thi Haopublished House of
social science, 2009 recommend basically an overview of legend and process
of jewelry handmade manufactured in Dinh Cong village.
In the program of conservation and stimulation in tangible value has
science report on research of Dinh Cong village, Thanh Tri, Hanoi of group of
writers Institute of culture arts – Board of Contemporary culture by Luong
Hong Quang – editor, 2009 concentrates on research. Dinh Cong village is a
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traditional jewelry village well known in specifically. The reports focus on
understanding the process of manufacture and production of jewelry job only
concentrated on techniques of silver down of Dinh Cong.
3. Purpose, target research and research scale of thesis
Purpose
- Systematized all documents, collect documents of silver down in Dinh
Cong.
- Analyze the good points; bad points, opportunities and threats to
develop the silver down job of Dinh Cong village now.
- Desirable the situation of development of silver down job in the
process of urbanization in Dinh Cong nowadays.
Target
Main target of thesis is to research jewelry job in Dinh Cong village;
now it is Dinh Cong ward, Hoang Mai District, Hanoi Capital. Based on all
documents of collection, the thesis will describe; introduce Dinh Cong village
and jewelry job having techniques of gold down and silver down well known,
describe the real development of gold down and silver down in Dinh Cong, so

the thesis gives out some opportunities to develop and make plan to keep and
develop silver down in Dinh Cong.
Research Scale
About space, the thesis not only research jewelry job in Dinh Cong
ward, mainly Dinh Cong Thuong ward but also the thesis expand to research
relation of jewelry job in Dinh Cong and jewelry job in ChauKhe (Hai
Duong) and Dong Sam (Thai Binh). At the same time, the thesis studies role
of jewelry job with material life and spirit life of Dinh Cong people. As we
see that, the traditional handmade village plays a key role in living of Dinh
Cong people.

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About time, the thesis only focus on studying real situation of
development of jewelry job (only silver down) in 905 of century XX coming
back, especially in recent years, the urbanization makes the face of Dinh
Cong village change severely. On the other hand, based on real situation of
development of jewelry job, the thesis will give out evaluation of
opportunities development based on SWOT analysis way of jewelry now and
in the future.
4. Research Method
Rehearse in line with the tendency presented at Article of purpose and
research scale about studying jewelry village of Dinh Cong. The thesis used
many scientific methods such as: fields; ethnographic; research follows 04
steps as follows collection; sync thesis; comparison; analysis. So, the thesis
gives out the real situation of jewelry village of Dinh Cong.
On the other hand, the thesis used SWOT method to analysis to

evaluate the opportunities the development of jewelry village. The method
SWOT including 04 letters of English means strength; weaknesses,
opportunities, threats translated in Vietnamese are: Mạnh, Yếu, Cơhội,
Đedọa. Strength and weaknesses are internal factors or internal conditions
opportunities and threads are external factors or external conditions. After list
many contents or small part in detail of SWOT analysis; the thesis carries out
mark or remark or make order many index of each content. The final
conclusion, the thesis will synthesize and analyze in details follow correlation
function and coefficient.
5. Source of Documents of thesis
The first documents are documents including ancient text (the god of
tree, conventions) related to Dinh Cong village and jewelry job of Dinh Cong,
now many documents kept in village and library.

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The second documents are forms of research and interviewing
documents of elderly artisans, owner of production warehouse main workers
and unskilled workers, customers in Dinh Cong in many fields took place
from January to May 2012. This is source of Documents collecting from
witnesses lived or living by jewelry job of Dinh Cong, saw the increase or
decrease of jewelry job including the time of development “the rich and
prosperous”, the difficulty phase resulted from management policy of state
and gradually eroded in the period of urbanization. So, this is key documents
and creditable of thesis.
On the other hand, thesis used many research results of gold down,
silver down of Dinh Cong announced by media, newspaper, journals,

scientific works not printed…
6. Contribution of thesis
The thesis is the first masterpiece mentioned directly in arrangement
system, parsing, evaluation about real situation of development now of
jewelry job Dinh Cong and gives out many opportunities to develop the
jewelry job, make contribution to keep and develop the jewelry job in front of
the trend of decreasing of traditional handmade craft in Viet Nam.
7. The layout of the thesis
In addition to the introduction, conclusion and appendices refer thesis
is divided into three chapters with the following main content:
Chapter 1: Introduction about Dinh Cong
Chapter 1 introduces the overview of boundary location, population
characteristics, the formation and development of village of economic life, the
historical and cultural traditions of the Dinh Cong. Essential information
regarding from ancient times to the present is the basis and the foundation for
further investigation of the jewelry and the current development status of
jewelry Dinh Cong.
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Chapter 2: Jewelry job of Dinh Cong village
Chapter 2 focuses describes jewels in aspects term: the training,
characteristics, manufacturing and production processes, products jewelry
Dinh Cong. Thus, confirming the value of art and jewelry Dinh Cong.
Chapter 3: Real condition and opportunities to develop the jewelry of Dinh
Cong village
Chapter 3 analysis, assessment of the current state of development of
jewels Dinh Cong. The problems of development status as: Village eroded but

still continues to maintain and develop, the situation on the labor market, the
supply and demand issues, products, technology production, sustainable
development ... From that launched the career development opportunities
jewels Dinh Cong today.

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CHAPTER I: RECOMMENDATION ABOUT DINH CONG
1.1.

Land location and character of people

1.1.1. Geography location of Dinh Cong during many periods
Dinh Cong is located in the south of Hanoi city. Land location ofDinh
Cong changed a lot in line with the reduction and development of history of
city. Although there are not enough documents to prove that “over 3000
years” of this land, but for thousands of years previously, Dinh Cong still
always belongs to Long Dam old land. According to the book “Name of
village and communes Viet Nam at the beginning of century XIX” of Duong
Thi The and Pham Thi Thoa. At the beginning of Nguyen period Dinh Cong
is one communes belongs to Khuong Dinh District, Thuong Tin province, Son
Nam Thuong town. Based on real history, we step by step research some
famous place related to Dinh Cong.
According to the book “Du dia chi” and “Books of Vietnamese famous
place”, Son Nam town is located in the south of Thang Long castle about Le
period. Son Nam is also a town of four towns or internal town, Kinh town, “is
the fourth town of four Kinh towns and the leading bulletins in the south”.

Tran period is road land Thien Truong, after that it divides into two roads
Kien Xuong and An Tiem, then changed many roads Hoang Giang, Son Nam,
Long Hung, KhoaiChau. In the year of Quang Thuan the seventh (1466), set
Thien Truong. In the year of Quang Thuan the tenth (1469) changed Son
Nam. In the year of Hong Duc the twenty first (1490), changed the Son Nam.
In the year of Le Canh Hung the second (1741), divided into two roads Son
Nam Thuong and Son Nam Ha; takes two districts Truong Yen and Thien
Quang becoming Thanh Hoa outside the town. Son Tay house again changed
into two towns Son Nam Thuong and Son Nam Ha. In the year of Nguyen
Gia Long the first (1802), takes two towns Thuong and Ha town into North
city. In the year of Minh Menh the third (1822), changed Thuong town into
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Son Nam town, changed Ha town into Nam Dinh town. According to book
“Du dia chi” Son Nam having 09 roads of province, 36 districts, 2059 villages
and communes [2, page 30]. Thuong Tin is one of 09 roads of province in the
beginning of Le period [2, page 98] and [3, page 464].
Province Thuong Tin belongs to Le period, according to “Dai Nam
nhat thong chi” is Thuong Phuc province in Tran period, including 03 districts
Thuong Tin, PhuXuyen and Thanh Dam. According to this book, Thanh Dam
district in the Minh period is the land province of Long Dam, belongs to
GiaoChauDistrict. The book “Hoang Minh ThucLuc” wrote “on the first,
June, the fifth year Vinh Lac, 1407, changed Long Dam into Thanh Dam”. In
the Le period, Thanh Dam including 78 communes. Up to Le Trung Hung
period, it changes Thanh Dam into Thanh Tri (the name of the king Le Thanh
Tong is Dam) [2, page 99].
In 1888, French government set up Cau Do province, in 1904, it

changes into Ha Dong, divided into 09 districts, including Thanh Tri joins Ha
Dong province. In the period, Hanoi is also temporary invaded (1946 - 1954),
in March 1948 the government researches and joins Hanoi together with Ha
Dong into inter Luong Ha province. Hanoi divided into two districts Tran Tay
and Tran Nam. During this period, Dinh Cong is a place against French
invader. Thuong village is acting place of V District; Ha village belongs to VI
Hanoi. In October 1954, after controlling capital, Dinh Cong removes again
Nga Tu So district, and up to 1955, Dinh Cong changes to VII District, Hanoi.
In April 1961, National Assembly session II, session the second
approved the decision of government expand Hanoi, Dinh Cong commune
again research and merged in Thanh Tri district. This period, Dinh Cong has
land location as follow: Northern zone is near Bach Mai airport and Khuong
Dinh commune; the Eastern is near High way 1A near Giap Bat railway

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station, the Southern zone is near Dai Tu village, the Eastern is near Tam Kim
village, separated by To LichRiver.
After 1963, Ha Dong is merged with Son Tay into Ha Tay province,
Thanh Tri district comes out from Ha Dong became suburban district Hanoi.
This district is near Ha Ba Trung district in the North and Tu Liem, the
Eastern zone is near Red river, separated by Gia Lam district and Van
Giang(Hung Yen), in the South, it is near Thuong Tin district, In the West, it
is near Hoai Duc district.
In the meeting the sixth session VI – session VIII (July 13th 1985) of
People’s committee of Hanoi city asked the Board of Ministers set up some
new wards and new towns. In January 1991 land areas in Bach Mai Airport

(belongs to Dinh Cong commune) are urbanized and joined in Khuong Mai
ward and Khuong Dinh ward, Thanh Xuan District.
In the year of 90 of century XX, the speed of urbanization in Dinh
Cong happens rapidly, rural land cultivation gradually reduced, and moved to
construction land, offices and companies in Dinh Cong increase, house and
new people’s livings are built more modern and convenient. At the beginning
of 2003, Dinh Cong and some other communes of Thanh Tri District are
moved to internal city and officially becomes a ward with a big area more
population of Hoang Mai District just established.
Now, geography location of Dinh Cong is near Thinh Liet ward in the
West, In the South it is near Dai Kim ward, In the North it is near Thanh
Xuan District. So, via drawing draft about land location changes of Dinh
Cong in many periods we can see that location of Dinh Cong is very
important in Hanoi city. Before, Dinh Cong is a suburban village but now,
Dinh Cong is internal ward in city. This reason result in changes every fields
on social – economic life of Dinh Cong especially, the changes of traditional
handmade village.
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1.1.2. Characters of people
According to the book “Vietnamese Country in many periods” of Dao
Duy Anh and book about “suburban villages and communes in Hanoi” of Bui
Thiet go together the missing old area related to origin and family such as: the
field in Huynh Cung village in missing area Van Dich, Thong pagoda in Vinh
Quynh commune mound “apple tree” in TrieuKhuc village and some tools
discovered such as: blades, ax, stone jewelry, brass crescent, consummately
and in the period of Hung king set up new nation, there are some Vietnamese

people in the North moved to go along two sides of Nhi Ha river. In the south
including, there are some Vietnamese people find good land to live such as:
they live by some jobs: rice grown, fishing catch, animal feed…Dinh Cong
land in that period in beautiful and high land and there is To Lich river
floating. It is convenient for business and go in and go out…So, the old
Vietnamese people stop here to live and build house for a long time.
At the same time, some officials of King after winning the enemies and
invaders,some officialsareas ward by the Kingthat possess good land, they
live and bring their wife and the children to live. So, from an origin people
relationship, the number of new relative people increases gradually during the
time. Although, each relative people still develop in live with keeping the
blood and special culture of social community, especially national disasters
such as: flood, diseases,.…Many relative people work together to become
neighbor community, villages, help each other such as “village and neighbor
relations” or dual relations “internal relations and external village”. Based on
close relations, it gradually becomes traditional culture system of people in
village community, from relative people matters to funerals, wedding….for
helping each other.
Dinh Cong land is also a place with many intelligent people and high
education. In the book about “village suburban in Hanoi” wrote “with high
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living standard, Dinh Cong Thuong and the whole Dinh Cong commune
generally there are a lot of high education people; intelligent people” [6, page
32]. It is obvious that in the book “traditional history of Dinh Cong
commune” listed some famous people, having high ranking studied people as
follow:

- Bui XuongTrach (1473 - ?), passed Doctor – Mau Tuat examination
test (1477) in Le Thanh Tong king period
- Bui Xuong Tu (1656 - 1728), passed examination in 1691 is a person
learned very well about literature, He is author of Thanh Tri book, Bui
Tho book wrote changes of family and other literature and poem.
- Bui Huy Bich (1744 - 1818), successful passed examination Hoang
Giap test. KySuu (1769) reached examiner Ta Thi Lang, Tham Tung
ranking, “TuocKeLietHau”, coming up to Le Chieu Thong, he retired
to go home. He is author of precious book such as: Hoang Viet thi van
tuyen, officials of NgheAnProvince.
- Trinh Dinh Thai (1823 - ?) passed Bachelor of Binh Ngo examination
test in 1846.
- Trinh Dinh Ngoan (1712 - 1786) good Doctor – leader of 06
Department of Medical.
- Trinh Dinh Kien (1715 - 1786) doctor (Kien Trung Hau) – manager of
Thai Y hospital.
- Trinh Ngoc Phan (1914 - 1986) Professor of Medical University.
- Trinh Phuc Nguyen (1926 - ?) Professor of Military Medical University
[7, page 26].
Dinh Cong has many famous relations having special traditional job,
Trinh relatives having traditional medicine. The famous doctor is Trinh Dinh
Ngoan. He is from Ding Cong Ha. He is the best doctor keeping rector of
Thai Y hospital in castle of Trinh king. In the 34th year Canh Hung (1773) he
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is appointed by Le Hien Tong to become manager of Y Mieu building. This is
one heritage construction to build to hand in pagoda and celebrated two

famous doctor of Viet Nam are Tue Tinh Thien Su and Hai ThuongLanOng
Le Huu Trac. In 1980, relies Y Mieu Thang Long is well known recognized
such as National history relies. Mr. Trinh Dinh Ngoan is invited to go to
China to rescue by Thanh king and is donated a silk image of himself.
On the other hand, Dinh Cong has many handicrafts with famous artists
such as Ha village, shoes handmade Trai village and bamboo knits. Thuong
village has jewelry job such as: Mr.Vien, Mr.Nhien, Mr. Do Quan, Mr. Cu
Bach and Mr. Am Tho.
So, many Vietnamese people moved to Dinh Cong to live and do
business, people are friendly, help each other and it is beautiful hobby in life
style of Dinh Cong people here. People are hand working, skillful hand and
intelligent. So, here there are a lot of handicraft job well known in Thang
Long castle. Especiallyjewelry,in the legend usually wrote “Yen Thai silk,
Bat Trang ceramics, gold jewelry Dinh Cong, Cu electrical tools in NguXa
village”.
1.2.

Establishment and development in Dinh Cong village
Based on the legend and document archaeological, Dinh Cong is old

village of Vietnamese.
In the book wrote about family of Meeting House of old people in
Thuong village wrote: In the Hung king – the 17th (Hung Nghi Vuong king)
people have contribution to build the beautiful house for welcome Mrs.
Hoang Phi – the wife of king to go out on To Lich river, when the return
home to the gate of pagoda Thien Phuc she met storm and wind and she is
injured. She is cared by many people so the king grant, named the land, the
name of village “Dinh Cong farm”. In this land area, Mrs. Hoang Phi gave
birth the prince Cong So so the king built “castle of studying of prince and
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princess”. After that, the King send the big officials to bring money and gold
for people and set up the pagoda at castle of studying (Big church; pagoda)in
Thuong village; Mr Cong So became one the famous leader has many
achievement against invader so the kinh granted “Duc Thanh Quoc Vuong”
and “Dong Hy Dai Vuong”. When they win enemies, they came back from
Chau Hoan, he goes throngs Dinh Cong to see “castle of studying”, he invited
every people to drink and eat and having the poem wrote:
“Vseommu, Dinh Cong district develop rapidly
Castle of king is very large and beautiful”
In the book wrote families relations of Ha village wrote: In the Hung
king – the 17th (King Hung NghiVuong period) has good moral and high
education, care much about the life of people, so everywhere is peaceful, the
government has free time, once he goes with his soldiers to hunt in Gia Luong
district (Da Bac district) he met Ms. XuyenNuong. She is beautiful her
eyebrows and eyes phoenix. The king is married with her and then she gave
pregnant. In 14th June such as the first in February, at that day she sits on the
boat to travel in Thanh Dam zone, the boat stops on the side of river near
Dinh Cong farm, suddenly the sky is bright tour sides, 05 colors cloud and
she gave births intelligent son the servant talked to the king, he is very excited
and ordered: place gave his leader is Dinh Cong now changed into Dinh Cong
(with many profound meaning: salary and wages for people won victory) and
grant Hoang Cong to enjoy it.
Hoang Cong was born in 100 days named Cong So. He learn when he
was 09 years old, he was 13 years old. He is talented writer martial. He was
16 years old when the sky has big drought, many people are hungry
everywhere, there are many robbers, the king asks him to check and key

everything set up a festival for begging rain. He goes anywhere, everywhere
is peace, the sky is cool, people are enough rich.
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So, for 02 legend stories wrote in books wrote families of Dinh Cong
Thuong castle of king and Dinh Cong Ha. The book expresses history,
meaning of name of village and many characterwas regardedasthetutelary
Dinh Cong village.
Based on historical documents supplied by archeology that Dinh Cong
is located in many old sites discovered in internalHa Noi city such as: stone
sites in Van Dich (Huynh Cung), Thong pagoda sites (Vinh Quynh);
especially sites apple trees big tomb (Trieu Khuc), the archeologist found
signal of Vietnamese people in the period of construction Van Lang Nation of
Hung king in Ha Noi land. Over inspector of big years, archeologist
considered tree of apple big tomb (Trieu Khuc) together in the culture period
of Phung Nguyen, belongs to the beginning period of Hung Vuong periods
built the country about 4000 to 2500 years ago.
In practice, Dinh Cong village is far away tree of apples big tomb and
stone site (Van Dien) not far, together located on the line of To Lich River. In
line with remarks of books kept in Dinh Cong village we can see that land of
Dinh Cong commune now is a old Vietnamese village appeared in Hung
Vuong period of construction.
On the other hand, the history establishment of Dinh Cong village
researched by consideration the history of To Lich river flows via village for a
long time. In the book of “Dai Nam nhat thong chi” wrote: “To Lich River in
the East of city (province and city of Ha Noi, Nguyen period - NQL) is
divided of two flows of Nhi river (Red river) flow in the North of provinces,

flow at the gate of irrigation concrete pipe Huong Bai, Dong Xuan commune,
Tho Xuong district, moved to the West via Vinh Thuan district, to Nghia Do
commnue, located in the East of Tu Liem district and many Khuong Dinh,
Quang Liet, Co Dien, Ninh Xa communes belongs to Thanh Tri District go
around including 60 miles, going to Ha Lieu commune then flows to Nhue
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river belongs to Doai ago. The river in spring and winter is dry, in summer
and autumn big water flows moved to by boat. To Lich river is near Thuong
hamlet, Trai hamlet are separated between Dinh Cong commune and Tam
Kim village”
So, the history establishment and development of Dinh Cong villages
and communes ago are similar to other communes and severely by flood of
this river. For a long time, yearly in rainy season, Hong River on upper water
source flows bring good land to build the pieces of land, small lakes; streams,
lake, branch of rivers go around areas to make favorable conditions for
building communes and villages and cultivation of growing rice and
vegetables animals and chicken, duck, feed….as well as fishing and lobster
and seafood grown for living of Vietnamese people for a long time.
In line with history of national construction and keep the country of
people, people in Dinh Cong village are similar to many people in other
villages in Hong river delta. They spent many generations to work hard, to
open more land for opening farm, constructed villages more and more
prosperous. In order to exists and develops, people are care much each other,
working together, they are raved to fight against natural disasters and against
invaders to protect villages, communes and nation peacefully.
So, over for many events and relics remain, we are sure that Dinh Cong

is old land area for a long time. This is old land area of suburban of Thang
Long castle.
Based on prosperous back ground of suburban old land area of Thang
Long castle, in the period of construction fighting and National protection for
a thousand year, Dinh Cong continue to develop stably and plays a key role in
the city. This matter is shows on decision of many meeting session of Dinh
Cong. Dinh Cong has many products to supply for pig meat, chicken,
chilly,…Because Dinh Cong is a suburban village on the other hand, many
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products in Dinh Cong are well known for consumers and became special
food. Especially, the people are hard working, skillful hand, many minor jobs
in Dinh Cong develops such as: chilies soup, knit pillow clouds in Ha village
and Trai village. Especially shoes leather and famous jewelry well know both
domestic and foreign countries.
In October 1998, Prime Minister of government makes a decision to get
6.34 ha for building new urban construction sites Dai Kim Dinh Cong
(Decision 936-QĐ/TTg). This is very important in development of Dinh
Cong. The government and people committee takes rural land to build new
urban construction sites. This matter brings Dinh Cong from suburban,
vilages to become now modern urban zone. So, the living standard of people
in Dinh Cong improved rapidly. However, we have the good things or the bad
things, the government took rural land to build new urban zone. It results in
the bad things on social life of Dinh Cong people. The missing and changing
of traditional handicraft for a long time is a good example to prove this
matter.
1.3.

Economic life
Before, when Dinh Cong is old village of Vietnamese people,the

citizens in Dinh Cong lived on rural agriculture grown such as: rice grown
and vegetable. On the other hand, they feed animals and take advantage of
fishing lobster; fish crabs in river, small pond, fields around the villages. They
have old hobby of rice grown cultivation of Vietnamese people in the hills
and in the Northern delta areas, people have self-demand and self-supply
about economy, the goods consumption economy doesn’t go up and establish.
The life of people only based on small rice grown and animal feed to the life
of people are very simple, still poor although they have to work hard yearly
but the life is still poor.

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For the period of Chinese invader to the old and conservative period of
Dai Viet independence mainly king Ly Cong Uan decided to move the castle
from Hoa Lu to Thang Long (1010), thanks to constructions and expansion of
castle, many villages at suburban areas have chances to develop rural
development and other handicrafts to supply rice and essential goods for the
king and officials, people in the city. So, the rural development of people in
Dinh Cong villages changed in the new period, develops economic goods to
meet the demand of people lived in the city its development is similar to other
villages. So, people in Dinh Cong village grows many vegetables, chilies and
flowers and rice grown to supply the demand market….In production, people
use tools of cultivation land; animal feeds: increasing crops or grow more

vegetables. These rural products are potatoes, tomato, Ha Lan bean, cabbage,
chilies and spices vegetables and fresh flowers for “Tet” festival as well as
rice, corn, potatoes. In the small garden of families, they grow many trees
such apple trees, longan trees, guava, jack, annona squamosa….Especially,
they grown many chilies fields with the red color every fields of 03 villages in
Dinh Cong. Gradually, Dinh Cong has a lot of agriculture products well
known and have brand name of locals. Many people like these products. So,
many people say the poem: “The most bitter chilies is chilies of Dinh Cong/
The best longanis longan of Quang village/the best juice is annona squamosa
of Dinh Cong village”.
People in Dinh Cong villages develops handicrafts job for themselves
demand and supply the essential goods for many people in the cities as well
as they grow rice, corn, potatoes and feed animals. They have jewelry job in
Thuong village, knit pillow clouds, shoes leather forms and chilies powder in
Trai village and Ha village. Especially they have famous traditional jewelry in
Tu Liem – Ha Noi land area.

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In 1986, the open policy of government marks a big chance on
economic social life of the whole country and especially in Dinh Cong
village. The people have many kinds of development of economy. The image
of economic life in Dinh Cong moved to new period.
In rural production, the people are active to catch the demand of market
they use new feeds to grow for high income. Some areas grown vegetables
such as: potatoes, tomato, cabbage, corn, kohlrabi, cauliflower…having a
little capacity, they moved to grow vegetable such as: potatoes, kohlrabi,

cauliflower, cabbage, cucumber….Some areas were flood, they removed to
dig the pond, lakes for fishing. Some households removed to feed pig,
chicken with large scale, duck feed or seed production. Thanks to reasonable
remove they supply a thousand tons of vegetable, fish, meat and animals to
the market yearly. So the income of people improved, the life of people is
better.
In small industry, according to the decision 25, 26/board of Ministers
now it is the government. The people have rights to do business and
production, they have their own financial found, expansion securities so that
jewelry, shoes form, embroidery…have many new method to make the plan
such as: technology reform, exploit the fund, taking advantage of finding
many sources of goods to create stable job for people having high income.
The Prime Minister makes a decision to take rural land to build new
urban zones such as Dinh Cong new urban. It remarks the changes in
economic structure of Dinh Cong. Because of reduction of land cultivation,
economic structure of Dinh Cong moved from rural production to industry
and services. Dinh Cong has many kinds of trading service develops rapidly
such as: many kinds of service business for example building materials for
construction (brick, cement, steel black and yellow sand), supermarket
(having 100 kinds of goods), food, mechanic, electronic repair, carpentry,
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