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Handmade dó paper · A century-old craft village

Every lantern,
a story brought to light

Handmade dó paper lanterns for your loved ones — with the journey of how they were made and your own message, revealed with a single scan.

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HANDMADE DÓ PAPERSTORIES TOLD IN LIGHTMEANINGFUL GIFTSEVERY MESSAGE, A MEMORYA CENTURY-OLD CRAFT
Heritage

From a century-old dó paper village

Dó paper once recorded history, carried Đông Hồ paintings and kept the memories of generations. We bring that material back in the form of a lantern — so your family’s story can be lit by that same enduring material.

100+years of dó papermaking
12partner artisans
1personal message for every gift
Đông Hồ print: mice carrying flags, lanterns and a paper dragon in a festival parade
Mice’s lantern processionĐông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
Đông Hồ print: a child holding a rooster, a wish for glory
Glory (Vinh hoa)Đông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
18th-century hanging scroll on dó paper: a teacher lecturing his students
Teaching scene (Giảng học đồ)Painting on dó paper, Độc Lôi temple (Nghệ An), late 18th century — Vietnam National Museum of Fine ArtsCC0 · Image source
Đông Hồ print: a mouse wedding procession with a palanquin, offering gifts to the cat
The mice’s weddingĐông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
Đông Hồ print: large and small carp swimming among lotus flowers
CarpĐông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
Đông Hồ print: a child holding a duck, a wish for prosperity
Prosperity (Phú quý)Đông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
Pair of Đông Hồ prints: Ông Tơ and Bà Nguyệt, the matchmaking deities, riding mythical beasts among clouds, flanked by attendants
Ông Tơ and Bà NguyệtĐông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
Đông Hồ print: a sow and her piglets marked with yin–yang swirls
Yin–yang pigĐông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
Đông Hồ print: a boy sitting on a buffalo’s back, flying a kite
Buffalo boy flying a kiteĐông Hồ woodblock printPublic domain · Image source
18th-century hanging scroll on dó paper: a civil mandarin returning home in triumph with his retinue
Triumphant return (Vinh quy)Painting on dó paper, Độc Lôi temple (Nghệ An), late 18th century — Vietnam National Museum of Fine ArtsCC0 · Image source
Handwritten document in Chinese characters on dó paper, 1904, stamped and bearing a revenue stamp
Deed on dó paperAdministrative document, 1904, with revenue stamp — public domainPublic domain · Image source

Đông Hồ folk prints and late 18th-century paintings on dó paper (Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts). Archival images from Wikimedia Commons, public domain or CC0 — not photos of LAMVI products.

Keeper of the craft

The hands that make the light

“Every sheet of dó paper has its own temper — too damp and it tears, too dry and it cracks. It takes decades of practice to frame a perfectly round lantern.”

Artisan Nguyễn Văn TàiYên Thái village, Hà Nội
32years in the craft
4.000+lanterns made
Collection

Choose why you light this lantern

With a handwritten card, a burlap gift box and a thank-you card with a QR code for the recipient to see your personal message.

Nguyet Lantern

A full, round shape with light as soft as the full moon

890.000 ₫VAT included
Best seller

Vong Lantern

Tall and slender, recalling the roofs of old village temples

1.050.000 ₫VAT included

Sum Vay Lantern Set

A set of three sizes, made for the whole family

1.680.000 ₫VAT included
Lookbook

The colours of handmade light

Amber
Sunset
Dawn
Deep wood
Warm fire
The handmade journey

Follow your order through each stage

  1. 01Choosing dó paperEach hand-made sheet is checked for flaws
  2. 02Bamboo framingSplitting and bending bamboo into traditional shapes
  3. 03Sun dryingNatural sunlight tightens every layer of paper
  4. 04Packing & QR engravingAn engraved code opens the video of the batch’s journey
The unwrapping moment

Scan a code, discover a whole story

The QR code on the thank-you card opens your message, while the code engraved on the lantern opens the video of how its batch was made. The recipient just points a phone at it — no app needed.

  • Video of how the lantern batch was made, to watch any time
  • A text, voice or video message from the giver
  • Text messages are kept forever; voice and video are kept for 30 days after the recipient confirms receiving the gift, and can be downloaded to keep
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The journey of your lantern batch

A message from Minh Anh

“May you always be as warm as this lantern’s light. With all my love.”

Those who lit a lantern

Stories retold

★★★★★
“My mum cried after watching the lantern-making video. No gift has ever moved her like that.”
THThu HàA gift for mum on Vietnamese Women’s Day
★★★★★
“Warm light without glare — it makes the tea table look so elegant. The making-of video is very relaxing too.”
MQMinh QuânBought for our living room
★★★★★
“My friend texted me right after scanning the code, touched to see the whole process of the lantern being made just for her.”
BTBảo TrânA housewarming gift for my best friend
Answers

Things you might be wondering

Text messages are kept forever. Voice and video messages are kept for 30 days after the recipient taps "I have received my gift" — tap "Download" to keep a copy. The lantern-making video (scan the QR code on the lantern) is kept forever.