At Thoi Long Commune (O Mon - Can Tho) there is a trade of knitting portable bamboo traps for catching tiny shrimp (instrument for catching tiny shrimps). This trade is considered as an indispensible means of earning a living for thousands of farmers living in flood areas in the Mekong Delta in the yearly flood season. The commune of 300 households becomes bustling with knitting activity from May to September of the lunar year. Visitors to this place will witness how subtle and meticulous workers are in each step from making the brim, splitting bamboo splints, braided cuttings, weaving frame to fastening the body part and assembling them into a complete trap.   Photo: Metinfo At Thoi Long Commune (O Mon - Can Tho) there is a trade of knitting portable bamboo traps for catching tiny shrimp (instrument for catching tiny shrimps). This trade is considered as an indispensible means of earning a living for thousands of farmers living in flood areas in the Mekong...

Can Tho City has registered trademarks for 6 featured products of the Western area of the Mekong Delta. Among them is Com ruou Co Do - fermented glutinous rice - of Trung Thanh Commune, Co Do District.                             Mrs. Hua Thi Dao_ making fermented glutinous rice   Trung Thanh fermented glutinous rice  is not only a featured product in the culinary culture and travel of Can Tho City but also a product of a traditional trade village which has been conserved for more than 50 years. Compared with other industries, fermented glutinous rice production does not bring high profits. However, with the mind and love for this trade, people of Trung Thanh commune have been attempting to conserve this unique product of sweet flavor which always reminds them of the beloved hometown. Feeling...

Non la - conical hats - has become much closer to the people of the South for ages. Through the ups and downs of life, they are not only used for preventing the locals from the sun, the rain, but are also the national unique charming feature. Therefore, people are quietly preserving the skill of making Non la in some traditional trade villages.                     One-time Fame We have just arrived at a small village situated along Xeo Xao Canal (Thoi Thuan A Village,  Thoi Lai Town, Thoi Lai District, Can Tho City) to meet the skillful and dedicated women who have been making Non la renowned throughout the western south of  Vietnam. Ms. Ho Thi Dien with more than 50 years of experience in making Non la told us that no one in this neighborhood knows the exact time when the trade started, yet it has been passed from generation to generation up to now. "At the age of...