Hanoi has launched a comprehensive plan to eradicate pollution in craft villages by 2025.

Thanh Tien paper flower making village has been a famous traditional craft village for hundreds of years in Thua Thien–Hue Province. It becomes a new photo check-in spot for people as the Lunar New Year Festival approaches.

After over a thousand years of ups and downs, Chuon Ngo’s mother-of-pearl products have made a name for themselves in both domestic and foreign markets.

In preparation for the special demand during this time of the year, the pottery furnaces in Bat Trang Village have been ignited.

Nguyen Thi Bon, one of artisans of the centuries-old tussore silk weaving craft, does not remember exactly when she started engaging in this craft.

Production during the days leading up to Tết is doubled compared to normal days, following the spike in market demand.

The An Thai vermicelli making village in Binh Dinh is busy at this time of year as local people work hard to complete orders for the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

The incense-making village of Quang Phu Cau in Hanoi’s countryside, which has become viral on Instagram, has been featured on the La Une channel of Belgium’s French-language broadcasting organisation RTBF.

To improve value, local authorities have strengthened oversight of the quality of dried fish and trade promotions, and helped producers get their products registered under the country’s “One Commune-One Product” (OCOP) programme.

Located in Thanh Tri district of Hanoi, Tranh Khuc village specialises in making Banh Chung and is full of villagers hastily producing the festive delicacy for the Lunar New Year festival, which begins in just over two weeks.

Every year as Lunar New Year approaches, the entrance of Quyet Thang Village is filled with the strong fragrance of the incense sticks made here.

Situated some 50km away from Hanoi, Vu Dai village in Ha Nam province's Ly Nhan district is famous for its braised fish in clay pots which has become a delicacy of the northern region during Lunar New Year Festival, known locally as Tet.

Many Hanoi craft village products have special value and are recognized as national treasures

In the heart of Le Minh Xuan Commune, Binh Chanh District, HCMC lies a 100-year-old incense-making village where skilled artisans turn their craft into a living masterpiece.

Artisans based in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s 300-year-old Thanh Tien craft village are hurrying to make paper flowers as the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, approaches.

Bac Giang Province’s Tho Ha, an ancient village on the banks of the Cau River, is renowned for its characteristic culture including the craft of making rice paper, that has become a famous trade-mark inside and outside the country.

The Hanoi suburban village of Le Mat, well-known nationwide for its snake farms and restaurants, has officially became a tourist destination of the capital city.

Over the past 500 years, Ngũ Xã bronze casting has evolved into magnificent masterpieces of national art. However, despite enduring various challenges, the village now has only one remaining family-run bronze-casting workshop.

Over recent days craftsmen in the incense-making village of Le Minh Xuan in Binh Chanh district of Ho Chi Minh City have been hard at work as they strive to meet orders for the coming Lunar New Year holiday, known locally as Tet.

Hanoi's artisans work tirelessly to preserve the quintessence of ancient craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation.