My Long rice paper is attractive for its delicious, crispy, and sweet taste. (Photo: VNA)
Workers at the Hai Sam rice paper facility are making banana rice paper. (Photo: VNA)
After being pounded, the glutinous rice flour is rolled into thin, round pieces to make Son Doc puff rice paper. (Photo: VNA)
An elderly woman in Nghia Huan hamlet, My Thanh commune, Giong Trom district follows the previous generations to "keep the fire" of My Long rice paper craft. (Photo: VNA)
Tourists experience the process of drying Son Doc puff rice paper. (Photo: VNA)
My Long rice paper and Son Doc puff rice paper are sold at stalls along a provincial road. (Photo: VNA)
Ben Tre “keeps the fire” of a hundred-year-old traditional craft
Giong Trom district in the southern province of Ben Tre is famous for its My Long rice paper and Son Doc puff rice paper, the specialties that have been recognized as "National intangible cultural heritage". Local people continue to "keep the fire" of this hundred-year-old traditional craft, thereby preserving cultural beauty, creating sustainable livelihoods and promoting tourism development. Photo: Chuong Dai - VNA
