Basket boats are traditional boats made of green bamboo in Vietnam. They are round and have numbers to identify ownership since they can easily float away if lost. Another name for these distinctive boats is Thung Chai. The document provides background on basket boats, including construction from bamboo, numbering for identification, and an alternative name. It also includes a brief quiz and answers about these aspects of traditional Vietnamese basket boats.

1. by Hem and Leah
VIETNAM

2. Contents page
Basket boats
Facts
Photo page
Quiz page
Quiz answers
The ending

3. Basket boats
Basket boats are made out of green bamboo. They use
green bamboo because it is young, new and strong.
On every basket boat it has numbers on them to tell
whose basket boat is whose.

4. Facts
A basket boat is round so if they lose their boat it
will bob up and down so it’s easier to find it. The
number will also help realize if it is theirs or not.
Did you know that Thung Chai is another name
for a basket boat.

5. Quiz page
What’s a another name for basket boats?
Why do you need numbers on a basket boat?

6. QUIZ ANSWERS
Another name for a basket boat is Thung chai
To recognise whose is whose.

7. THE END
Thank you for watching our keynote. We hope we
inspired you to go to Vietnam. Try find a circle in this
picture this will give us time to run away.