Vietnam’s incense village gears up for Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year

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Workers in Vietnam’s “incense village” have been busy preparing fragrant sticks for Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year holiday, which starts February 1, 2022. Sales have dropped so far by 30 per cent in 2022, compared to the same period last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The country’s ongoing measures to curb the spread of coronavirus have greatly affected businesses throughout the country, disrupting supply chains and resulting in severe losses. But as the New Year holiday approaches, the incense-making village of Quang Phu Cau, located on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi, have been gearing up for better prospects in the upcoming new year.
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[@515gnodgnart]

Hello from California. Vietnamese-Chinese American here. I'm praying that 2022 Tet festival brings health, happiness and a bit of hope to all on this little rock we call home.

[@ycaceres3357]

Would you know.What scent is the incense?

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

@@ycaceres3357 It depends on what kind you buy.

[@marioelburro1492]

They look beautiful almost like a bouquet of flowers

[@archazazel1855]

Exactly what I tought

[@huyphamle159]

Until you smell those burning smokes with watery eyes, trust me. I've been doing that every Lunars

[@joelam3032]

I thought they are poppies

[@user-fi2vc7ei8v]

I thought they were flowers before I started watching

[@fridgemagnet9831]

Such hardworking people

[@princesslve]

The incense are beautiful. So sad covid is impacting so many lives and businesses

[@oanhtina5356]

thank you so much

[@Kiyoone]

Wow... Never in my country people are hardworking and focused like that...

[@RayMak]

The village just smell very nice

[@andia968]

love vietnam from china

[@SShiJie]

wow I always wondered how incense sticks were made, the paint always melts and leaves a huge stain on my hand

[@Amen7801]

This incense sticks look amazing🤩

[@user-fi2vc7ei8v]

Yeah they do...

[@sfsinfinity5862]

Thanks so much featuring my country’s most honorable holiday! It’s an honor to have Vietnam in this video :D.

[@RoKuSa007]

Looks so satisfying 😌👌🏽

[@obsidianstatue]

Tet... Get ready boys, the trees are about to speak

[@everything-yd4xm]

At first glance on the thumbnail I thought there's another variant of virus.

[@comradeleppi2000]

Lol😳😂

[@punyawat1863]

Same

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Me too,

[@simpingshrimp4791]

Beautiful Vietnamese Culture

[@mvii69420]

Kudo for not calling Tet "Chinese-new year"!

[@orientsecretgardens8292]

It's Vietnamese style/Version of Chinese New Year.

[@mqhoang]

@@orientsecretgardens8292 Why is it not the other way around? Chinese style of the Vietnamese New Year? Although there are similarities, why not just respect both cultures and refer to them as they are?

[@orientsecretgardens8292]

@Rebecca Matthews By who? Please don't make up story.

[@orientsecretgardens8292]

@@mqhoang Because Vietnamese didn't create Chinese New Year. We respect Vietnamese culture but you need to do the same thing too!!! Please learn basic history and look into the real fact.

[@mqhoang]

@@orientsecretgardens8292 Of course we didn't create it since it belongs to the Chinese. The Vietnamese people celebrate the Vietnamese New Year and it is part of our culture with very different customs. Perhaps you should also learn some more history about the origin of the holiday. The Lunar New Year was a celebration for a new season cycle of crops and hoping for a fruitful harvest year. It is basically enjoyed by all cultures with an agricultural background and it had spread across Asia for a long time, although each culture has their own way of celebrating it. Since Vietnam was invaded and dominated by the Chinese for more than a thousand years, it is obvious that there should be some influences, however, we Vietnamese still have our very distinctive customs of celebrating it, and the same applies to any other culture celebrating the lunar new year. The lunar calendar (or lunisolar calendar) that we used today is originated from China, but that doesn't mean the holiday we have is originated from China. Maybe should we all start calling January 1 the Roman New Year from the origin of the calendar?

[@sos7187]

Mashallah This is a beautiful technique the vititeminese people are always so kind

[@blessingsoutlaw]

Fascinating!

[@ycaceres3357]

Does anyone know what particular scent this incense would be..and what are the popular scents Vietnamese people use for the Lunar New Year. Thanks!

[@tienvu6500]

it'd be agar wood scent or cinamon scent

[@tienvu6500]

the popular scent is Canarium album

[@amitahi4586]

How can Pink be this beautiful 💕

[@erikad0511]

Wow, That's Alotta incense! Looks pretty, wonder if it has a smell ..... Happy Lunar New Year

[@tungnguyenlam6729]

Depends on your favor, but I find the smell when it's burning 😉

[@buddyman8474]

Incense garden 🤔

[@Mapogo792]

_Our New Year will be at April-May._

[@peacewalker3344]

I misread the title of the video as something horrible

[@LauraSanchez-bt4fi]

Is inhalation of incences bad for one's health?

[@il3967]

Yes, cheep incenses mainly use chemicals for smell and color so that's bad for health, more expensive ones use natural food coloring. The one in the vid is cheep kind

[@thekhoifish0146]

I don’t know if there are any added effects, but I still wouldn’t encourage breathing it in because smoke inhalation

[@sko1beer]

It’s very bad for you and the Hong Kong government even tells people to keep the house well ventilated when burning them

[@traaotuong6107]

Of course if you use cheap incences then when burning, they will release toxic chemicals and air like CO2. But if you use quality ones then it's not that bad.

[@primieramalantutada2194]

I can smell this youtube video hahahahahah🤣🤣

[@ak101farhan]

These don't cause pollution?

[@ridhobaihaqi144]

Tet offensive Vietnam war

[@vepakko]

Here in Finland, burning of incence and fake money would be almost a punishable crime, in these times of global warming. We have a saying, "you live in a country as the country is" - that means roughly that if you have a specific manner or custom, you live by it and dont make changes because somebody from outside demands it. Keep on burning :)

[@hc8714]

right, a country that many people has fireplace in living.

[@capi8311]

wow! This is so sad, especially coming from my favourite country Finland- one of the richest countries in the world with the best educational system. Yet I can't believe there would be someone there be so ignorant! Affluent countries are more 'eco-friendly' since they have the technology and resources to fight pollution, while developing countries like Vietnam does not. Developing countries are often exploited by wealthy nations, being forced to trade raw materials, impoverishing our own lands to stay afloat. Also this is not only just a specific manner or a custom, but rather the livelihood of thousands, it is ignorant and disrespectful for you to make mockery of it for the sake of the 'environment'. Please educate yourself, if you don't have a broad understanding from all sides. PLEASE SHUT UP:))

[@girlofJesus-333]

What are the vaccine numbers for China? I would like to compare to Vietnam. Thank you

[@kapildevtiwari730]

Great:)

[@budreesaraswatee4246]

WELLDONE

[@USA50_]

❤️

[@nguyennhatanh2512]

vietnam vs china huawei xiaomi mi 12 pro 256gb 2022 ban kinh 5g xui yen covid19 on

[@GodsJoseph13]

Y

[@josepharrr3712]

Great hard working ppl❤️ ,but bad Cømmünist VN gov. The VN is bad.

[@ericknarvaez2351]

❤️😲

[@Wakeuptorealityman]

Nah the communist improved the country from being poor to rich

[@liongsusanto2660]

agent orange

[@checkia136]

Oh like your demoracy. No no, i dont want that

[@evilsquizz]

what is vietnamese lunar new year？

[@orientsecretgardens8292]

Wired, right? It's Vietnamese version of celebrating Chinese New Year, but it's still Chinese New Year.

[@Alice-ne5hp]

I’m not trying to hate, this is a joke: R.I.P ozone layer Welcome global warming

[@tqverimuch1743]

It Chinese New Year in Vietnamese version

[@charlesvicgalido9839]

hi lung cancer

[@mikeyu5004]

A celebration for the Tet offensive?

[@aydenhuynh3601]

Bruh

[@phambinhan17]

Lol, no

[@satellite6291]

Lunar New Year is created by korean people ! Chinese and Vietnamese copied from korean culture ! I respect Vietnamese but you guys please respect history!

[@ThinhNguyen-xl1go]

La việt nam tạo ra

[@dungnguyen-vx2sc]

No this is of Chinese

[@Loppoz56]

It is vietnam tho

[@orientsecretgardens8292]

@@Loppoz56 It's how Vietnamese celebrate Chinese New Year, or you can call it Vietnamese style Chinese New Year, but its cultural root is Chinese. Chinese New year is one of many other Chinese traditional festivals which are based on Chinese ancient calendar, ancient Chinese invented Chinese accent calendar not Vietnamese, so it's called Chinese New Year. Vietnamese celebrate Chinese New Year because of Chinese influence considering the tight relationship between China and Vietnam in history.

[@Loppoz56]

@@orientsecretgardens8292 it is called tet not chinese new year, dont even compare this two seperate holiday from different culture together even if it got influnces or not

[@satellite6291]

@Rebecca Matthews Let me tell you again Lunar New Year is created by korean people ! Chinese and Vietnamese copied from korean culture !