He redesigned the incense sticks to be longer, dyed them pink, and added a fragrance. By incorporating machines, Thi was also able to speed up production to crafting 50,000 sticks a day from only ...

But Hoa, and many other families living and working in the "incense village" of Quang Phu Cau, now also make sticks in yellow, blue and green, catering to visitors eager to snap shots for Instagram.

Quyết Thắng Village's incense making has been helping to preserve this cultural tradition - a beauty cherished and passed down through generations of Vietnamese people. The incense-making season in ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Incense has a special significance in the spiritual life in many Asian countries, including Vietnam. Burning incense is part of Vietnamese culture and beliefs. In today’s edition ...

"Our village has become a hotspot for tourists," said Dang, 45, who has been crafting incense sticks for three decades. An aerial shot of a village in Quang Phu Cau. — AFP ...

Across this village south of Hanoi, otherwise drab patches of ground blaze with colour as bundles of magenta-tipped incense sticks are left to dry in the sun before being distributed across ...

The Quang Phu Cau village in Ung Hoa district of Vietnam is known as the "incense village". According to local elders, families in this village have been making incense for more than a century.

Vietnamese incense village turns tourist attractionIn a small village in northern Vietnam known for its long-standing tradition of making incense sticks, tourists are eagerly queuing up to take photos ...

As high-altitude winds greet the early morning, Gyatso loads packages of incense sticks into a car. The incense is bound for the city of Lhasa more than 100 kilometers away.

Vietnam’s “incense village” is dazzling pink as workers prepare the fragrant sticks for the Lunar New Year holiday, but strict rules to stop the spread of Covid-19 are dulling its lustre.

Vietnam's "incense village" is dazzling pink as workers prepare the fragrant sticks for the Lunar New Year holiday, but strict rules to stop the spread of Covid-19 are dulling its lustre.

In preparation for the Tet holiday, Quang Phu Cau village in Vietnam turns a sea of pink. Villagers are making millions of incense sticks, used in spiritual worship. At one point, 100% of this ...