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Handmade dried rice noodles remain a livelihood for rural Vietnamese families

Translated by VAN GIANG • Dec 21, 2025 16:05

DNO - In Duong Son Village, Hoa Tien Commune, Da Nang, the traditional handmade craft of making dried rice noodles remains a source of supply for the city's markets.

Rice is soaked, ground, pressed and dried through dozens of manual steps to produce strands of rice noodles that are soft, elastic and lightly aromatic.

Although the number of households practising the craft has declined, the remaining families continue production. The purpose is to keep the traditional craft alive and preserve a piece of culinary memory through each rustic yet heartfelt strand of noodles.

Dried noodles with a natural golden colour
A batch of rice noodles and dried noodles is considered standard only when the strands remain soft and elastic after cooking, without breaking or turning sour, a result that requires experience from rice selection to boiling.
The noodles are made by hand, with machines used only at the pressing stage.
The dried rice noodles are made using natural ingredients, with the soaking process playing a key role in determining product quality.
It typically takes nearly two days and multiple processing stages for a package of dried noodles to reach consumers.
Made by hand through multiple stages, the noodles remain soft and elastic when cooked and are widely consumed.
Rice noodles are laid out to dry under the sun.

Translated by VAN GIANG