Vong village bustles in young green rice season

When it comes to Com or young green rice, people recall a small village in Hanoi's Cau Giay district with a tradition of making Com (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

Vong village now has no land for sticky rice cultivation. To keep the traditional profession alive, the villagers turn to suburban districts of Hanoi or the northern provinces of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Ha Nam to order fresh rice (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

These days, the alleys on Xuan Thuy Street and Tran Thai Tong Street (Cau Giay district, Hanoi) leading to Vong village become more and more bustling (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

The sound of Com processing and the smell mesmerise people (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

From a few households making young green rice, now there are more than ten families making Com to serve domestic and foreign customers (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

From a few households making young green rice, now there are more than ten families making Com to serve domestic and foreign customers (Photo: The Dai/ Vietnam+)

From a few households making young green rice, now there are more than ten families making Com to serve domestic and foreign customers (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

From a few households making young green rice, now there are more than ten families making Com to serve domestic and foreign customers (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

The hardest thing is to choose the quality of the rice to make good quality young green rice (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

The hardest thing is to choose the quality of the rice to make good quality young green rice (Photo: VNA)

The hardest thing is to choose the quality of the rice to make good quality young green rice (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

The hardest thing is to choose the quality of the rice to make good quality young green rice (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

The hardest thing is to choose the quality of the rice to make good quality young green rice (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

In the past, Com used to be pounded by hand. Nowadays in Vong village, most people use machine to process Com (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

In the past, Com used to be pounded by hand. Nowadays in Vong village, most people use machine to process Com (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)h

Currently, there are less than a dozen families in Vong village following this traditional profession (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam+)

Currently, there are less than a dozen families in Vong village following this traditional profession (Photo: The Dai/Vietnam+)

Currently, there are less than a dozen families in Vong village following this traditional profession (Photo: The Dai / Vietnam +)

Currently, there are less than a dozen families in Vong village following this traditional profession (Photo: The Dai/Vietnam+)

(Photo: The Dai/Vietnam+)

(Photo: The Dai/Vietnam+)

(Photo: The Dai/Vietnam+)

(Photo: The Dai/Vietnam+)

(Photo: The Dai/Vietnam+)