100-year-old rice paper village bustling for Lunar New Year

  • The village households specialise in making different kinds of flavoured rice paper: plain, salted, sweetened and coconut, all of which can be used to wrap spring rolls, dip in water, grill, or eat raw. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
    The village households specialise in making different kinds of flavoured rice paper: plain, salted, sweetened and coconut, all of which can be used to wrap spring rolls, dip in water, grill, or eat raw. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
  • During the busiest time of the year to prepare for Lunar New Year, villagers often start the day at 2am, finish work at 4pm, and don’t go to bed until around 8pm. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
    During the busiest time of the year to prepare for Lunar New Year, villagers often start the day at 2am, finish work at 4pm, and don’t go to bed until around 8pm. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
  • Since the freshly cooked rice papers are extremely fragile, the cook has to gently remove the paper with a cylindrical bamboo roll wrapped in cloth and transfer it to a cooling rack. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
    Since the freshly cooked rice papers are extremely fragile, the cook has to gently remove the paper with a cylindrical bamboo roll wrapped in cloth and transfer it to a cooling rack. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
  • Steamed rice papers are carefully transferred to bamboo rattan racks for drying. It usually takes around 30 minutes for the rice papers to dry. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
    Steamed rice papers are carefully transferred to bamboo rattan racks for drying. It usually takes around 30 minutes for the rice papers to dry. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
  • Thuan Hung village has 63 households specialise in rice paper businesses. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
    Thuan Hung village has 63 households specialise in rice paper businesses. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền
Travelling about 40 kilometres outside Can Tho City, one can notice panels of rice papers drying in the sun on rattan racks lining the roads in Thot Not district’s Thuan Hung ward. Home to the Thuan Hung rice paper village, the ward has 63 professional rice paper businesses. The village households specialise in making different kinds of flavoured rice paper: plain, salted, sweetened and coconut, all of which can be used to wrap spring rolls, dip in water, grill, or eat raw. Despite the simple recipe, making good rice paper is a demanding skill and requires precision in selecting the right kind of rice as well as finesse in cooking and handling the rice paper. The village’s busiest time in a year is the traditional Lunar New Year, when villagers hustle to meet the demands of rice paper to make spring roll, Vietnam’s traditional dish. VNA Photo: Thu Hiền

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