Lái Thiêu

Lái Thiêu Phường Lái Thiêu
Ward
Vietnamese New Year celebration in 2012
Coordinates: VN 10°54′17.6″N 106°42′0.0″E / 10.904889°N 106.700000°E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Southeast
Province	Bình Dương
Town	Thuận An
Area[1]
• Total	3.1 sq mi (7.9 km^2)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	50,669
• Density	16,612/sq mi (6,413.8/km^2)
Time zone	UTC + 7 (UTC+7)

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

Administrative divisions

Lái Thiêu consists of 9 neighborhoods:

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

Education

• Trường Trung học phổ thông Nguyễn Trãi
• Trường Trung học cơ sở Nguyễn Văn Tiết
• Trường Trung học cơ sở Phú Long

References

1. http://www.chinhphu.vn/portal/page/portal/chinhphu/hethongvanban?class_id=509&mode=detail&document_id=98690
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 ...