If you pass by shops in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, you can see a small and beautiful corner shop displaying Hoa la co books (Photo: VNP/VNA)

The idea of making handmade books was initiated by Vu Thi Hien, a former student of the Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science (Photo: VNP/VNA)

A book making class attracts a lot of young women (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Young men are also interested in making books (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Books made in Hoa la co workshop are handmade, creative and sophisticated products (Photo: VNP/VNA)

A class held by Hoa la co workshop in Hanoi (Photo: VNP/VNA)

A foreigner and his hand-made product after a book making class (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Size, thickness, type of paper and color scheme for stitching of books by Hoa la co workshop are carefully chosen (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Dried pressed flowers, leaves and grass are put between pages of Hoa la co books (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Students at a book making class (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Customers choose Hoa la co products (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Students are happy in a book making class (Photo: VNP/VNA)