More than 300 locals earn their living by producing rice vermicelli there. The vast majority of these workers are women.

Mien makers spend the most part of the day under the scorching sun to arrange bamboo sheets on which their fresh rice vermicelli is dried. To protect themselves from the sun, these women have to wear jackets, broad-rim hats and face masks, a practice which hastens sweats.

Stable income from the craft keeps the workers with the trade although it is a tough job. Products of rice vermicelli from Thang Long have traveled nationwide.

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A “field” of rice vermicelli seen from above – SGT Photos: Thu Huong
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This woman transports bamboo sheets to the field by a wooden wheelbarrow…
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… and brings them to the drying area.
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Bamboo sheets are arranged to ensure that sunrays can reach every corner of them.
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White rice vermicelli.
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Sugarcane juice makes rice vermicelli have an eye-catching yellow color.

Source: SGT

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