For 50,000 VND ($2), tourists can spend as long as they like taking pictures with a workshop's sticks—which cost just 50 cents for a pack of 20
In a tiny village in northern Vietnam, Dang Thi Hoa ties up a bundle of freshly dried incense sticks ahead of Lunar New Year and watches a line of tourists waiting to pose for pictures.
Three generations of Dang Thi Hoa's family have been dyeing incense sticks scarlet red, or magenta pink, ahead of the new year celebrations—known as Tet in Vietnam.