Thai Binh’s Chung cake wrapping village busy as Tet nears

  • A villager wraps chung cake into its typical square shape. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
    A villager wraps chung cake into its typical square shape. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
  • A villager wraps chung cake into its typical square shape. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
    A villager wraps chung cake into its typical square shape. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
  • Square chung cakes are ready to be boiled for 8 - 10 hours. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
    Square chung cakes are ready to be boiled for 8 - 10 hours. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
  • A local in cau Bang village, Thai Binh province, cleans Dong leaves to wrap chung cakes. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
    A local in cau Bang village, Thai Binh province, cleans Dong leaves to wrap chung cakes. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
  • Fragrant sticky rice is the main ingredient to make delicious chung cakes. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
    Fragrant sticky rice is the main ingredient to make delicious chung cakes. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
  • Pork wrapped in steamed green bean paste is one of the main ingredients to make chung cake. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
    Pork wrapped in steamed green bean paste is one of the main ingredients to make chung cake. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài
Chung cake is a typical sticky rice cake wrapped in Dong leaves for the traditional Lunar New Year Holiday, or Tet, in Vietnam. With only a few days left until the start of the holiday, villagers in cau Bang village, Tan Binh commune, Thai Binh city, are hastily producing about 1,000 - 1,500 cakes per day to meet market demands. All villagers from the elderly to children are involved in making Chung cake, such as washing Dong wrapping leaves and rice, steaming green beans, preparing meats, and wrapping the cakes to prepare for incoming orders. VNA Photo: Thu Hoài

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