Nguyen Kim Chi, a fashion designer specialising in tailoring, has held the Cuc Chi class in Hanoi to share her interest in the embroidery craft.

In the central city of Hoi An is a house on Bach Dang Street that is home to hundreds of colorful paper masks made by artist Bui Quy Phong, who has devoted his whole life to these masks.

The beauty of flowers, cute animals, beautiful love stories or romantic songs have become endless inspirations for Trần Phương Nga’s three-dimensional canvas of transparent jelly.

Darning clothes work requires meticulousness, ingenuity and patience, and thanks to that, it brings a decent income for the 72-year-old craftwoman in Hanoi.

Scrap paper may be useless to many people, but for some it is a valuable material to create incredible artworks.

From jackfruit and Bodhi leaves, Lê Quang Vinh, a student of Lục Ngạn 3 High School, has hand-carved hundreds of art pieces that are portraits of renowned figures or images inspired by nature.

Dong Ho and Hang Trong's folk paintings, collaged from silk fabric scraps, bring a new unique beauty. Even more surprising is that these pieces are created by people with disabilities.

Nguyen Bang Nhi converts wasted coconut shell pieces into beautiful and valuable jewellery, favoured by the market.

Many agricultural by-products including banana peels, straws, water hyacinth stalks, areca sheaths and bagasse can be reused to make money instead of thrown away. A Vietnamese man has turned areca spathe into items for export earning much money.

A disabled man based in the southern city of Cần Thơ, works hard every day to "breathe new life" into fabric with his miraculous paintings.

At the age of 101, Tri Hue from Thua Thien Hue still works hard every day hand-sewing royal pillows to maintain the traditional profession.

Nguyen Thanh Trieu claims that the sculptures he has made from used tyres can resist adverse weather conditions and have a high level of durability.

Pham Nhu Quynh, 29, from Hanoi is well-known for her production of blankets, pillows, shirts and hats made by hand stitching fabric and quilting. Her products are works of art that amaze many.

Over the years, the craft of carving ritual wooden masks has gradually been lost. A Yứk from Ia Chim Commune in Kon Tum City is among the few men in the land still pursuing the ancient craft of his ancestors.

The past artisans might have not imagined that the vases they made would become special cultural values, which are being hunted and those prices paid equal many years of hard work.

In the first half of the year, Chal Thy could not succeed but finally was able to learn how to pat and massage flowers so that sweet nectar would be secreted.

For more than 20 years artisan Dang Van Hau of Phu Xuyen district in Hanoi has been researching ways to improve the traditional craft of making To he, toy figurines made from rice dough.

Though Trung is very busy as an IT engineer, he still spends time on his passion – making shoes. It takes six months on average to make a pair of shoes.

Following five years of dedication, researcher Trinh Bach and craftsman Trong Binh have contributed to reviving the historical tradition of Mid-Autumn lights.

Vu Nhu Quynh, an artisan in Bat Trang pottery village, is leading the charge in reviving the spirit of pot making to promote and preserve traditional crafts.