A Hau Giang man is raising snakes in glass tanks while families in Thanh Hoa are raising rep canh kien do (Laccifer lacca Kerr), or bugs. Both jobs are highly profitable.

On the third floor of a house in Cay Duong town in Phung Hiep district in Hau Giang, a man raises thousands of snakes in 100 glass tanks, earning hundreds of million dong a year.

Wearing more than 50 taels of gold on his body, Thuan says his neck is sore and his hands numb. But he dare not remove the jewelry.

Instead of demolishing a 100-year-old French villa, Thua Thien - Hue province plans to hire Nguyen Van Cu to relocate the villa to preserve it.

A rich man in Da Nang City spent VND7 billion on a bouquet made of 100 SJC gold sheets to give to his wife on International Women’s Day on March 8.

A man in Mekong Delta owns thousands of fish that can be bottle-fed and eat feed ashore.

Even though Nguyen Hoang Nam is only 12 years old, he has a firm body with 6 pack abs acquired without spending time doing physical training.

Nguyen Van Chuc, 65, once lived on a wooden boat. When the boat got seriously damaged, he set up a small house between the old and the new BinhLoi Bridges that helped shield him from the sun and rain.

Fond of wearing jewelry made from 50 taels of gold, an An Giang man has spent hundreds of millions to gild his car.

“Thoi loi” (giant mudskipper) is one of the strangest fish on the planet because it can both dive deep under water and hang on trees. This is a specialty fish in some mangrove areas in Vietnam.

Pineapple fiber, made of the leaves of the pineapple plant, is sweat-absorbent, thin, smooth and soft, and more expensive than banana fiber but cheaper than silk fiber.

Watercress is only fresh when it is planted in regions with clean water. If a small part of it is covered in dirt or polluted water, the plant will turn yellow and die.

After many months of training, the pigeon-warriors will compete in a tournament and overcome countless challenges to fly for thousands of kilometers before reaching the finish point.

A fisherman in Binh Dinh catches big tuna, while 3B cows imported from Belgium provide high meat yield in Quang Nam. More unusual stories:

A 95-year-old woman in Ha Dong district is donating a pagoda she helped build and has asked monks to take care of the incense in the pagoda.

Tran Thi Hoa in My Phuc commune in My Loc district of Nam Dinh province has celebrated her 108th Tet. She has 114 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and lives in an old house.

Many types of fruit peels, considered such as cocoa and shrimp shells and rice husks, can be processed into useful products, thus increasing product value, regenerating resources, and protecting the environment.

Living alone in the largest cemetery in HCM City over the past 40 years, Nghia accepts the deceased as her parents and adopted children, and volunteers to take care of the graves.

A village in the southern province of Binh Dinh hopes to attract visitors to enjoy their large-size winter melons.

In Vietnam, there is a village where villagers like eating soil. Earthen lumps are smoked and cut into small pieces like cookies and considered a specialty.