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Vietnam's "incense village" is a dazzling pink as workers prepare fragrant sticks for the Lunar New Year holiday, but strict rules to stop the spread of Covid-19 are dulling its lustre. "Due to the (Covid) preventive policy, trucks could not be move so our products move slower," says incense stick maker Nguyen Thi Luyen, adding that sales are down 30% from last year.
In Vietnam's "incense village", dozens are hard at work dying, drying and whittling down bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of the busy lunar new year holiday.
In Vietnam's "incense village", workers are busy preparing he fragrant sticks ahead of an early arrival of the busy lunar new year holiday.
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