Our Vietnmaese made mandolin's are high quality made of Ngo Dong and Cam Lai woods, with French design extra sound holes in the side! a very full, balanced, and warm sound, with lots of volume and articulation! The woods used are the same as those used for our higher quality Dan Tranh's and other traditional Vietnamese stringed musical instruments. These mandolin's measure 64cm x 23cm without case. The case is a well padded soft leather carry case, easy to carry and send to you. If you are Vietnamese, we have an instruction manual with text in Vietnamese, music in standard western format. If not, there is a great deal of Mandoline instruction materials available just about everywhere, including Ebay. Although we do not play the Mandolin specifically, feel free to email any questions you may have and we will try to answer them and get back to you within 24 hours. If you would like to see detailed photos of the Mandolin's we have avalable, please email us and we'de be happy to email them to you along with price and shipping cost to your country. What makes these Mandolin's uniquely Vietnamese are the pearl shell inlay designs, many of which contain artistic motifs that are clearly reckonizable as being Vietnamese. These are very beautiful instruments.