The shoe-making store of Trinh Ngoc was opened in Ho Chi Minh City in 1975, among the oldest of its kind still operating today.


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The store on Ly Chinh Thang street in District 2 of HCM City 

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Ngoc’s workshop inside the store. The shoemaker himself has crafted shoes for many popular customers in Vietnam and overseas 

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A custom-made foot mold at the workshop 

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Ngoc draws a shoe design for his customer 

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Fitting a paper on mold to make leather pieces 

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Ngoc said the period of shaping the shoes is painstaking and requires high level of skills 

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Ngoc said he has to constantly update his sewing techniques to meet customers’ demand 

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Ngoc and his shoes

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A shoe made by Ngoc


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