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Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City

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.
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 1The store on Ly Chinh Thang street in District 2 of HCM City (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 2Ngoc’s workshop inside the store. The shoemaker himself has crafted shoes for many popular customers in Vietnam and overseas (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 3A custom-made foot mold at the workshop (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 4Ngoc draws a shoe design for his customer (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 5Fitting a paper on mold to make leather pieces (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 6Ngoc said the period of shaping the shoes is painstaking and requires high level of skills (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 7 (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 8(Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 9Ngoc said he has to constantly update his sewing techniques to meet customers’ demand (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 10(Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 11Ngoc and his shoes (Photo: VNA)
Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City ảnh 12A shoe made by Ngoc (Photo: VNA)
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