Entries in the Sống Rực Rỡ digital-content competition are presenting traditional crafts through the people who practise them. The featured works cover Chăm pottery, Bắc Ninh woodworking, lantern making and a family mooncake business, adding specific stories to the existing competition programme.
Pottery experience and woodworking concerns
Nguyễn Trường Đăng Khoa visits Bàu Trúc pottery village in Phan Rang, Khánh Hòa. His video follows artisans explaining production steps and visitors making objects themselves, connecting historical information with practical experience.
Lê Thị Nhi focuses on Phù Khê Đông in Bắc Ninh. In her account, workshops face reduced orders and narrower profits after the pandemic, while some younger residents seek other jobs. The work follows craftspeople who remain and considers succession. These are the creator's observations, rather than comprehensive woodworking-industry statistics.
Lanterns and a family kitchen
Phạm Thị Thủy Tiên documents a longstanding lantern neighbourhood in Ho Chi Minh City and young Khởi Đăng Tác Khí members recreating older lantern and toy designs. Her story connects experienced artisans with people actively relearning traditional skills.
In Hanoi, Triệu Phong Sơn follows a 36-year-old family mooncake shop. The husband prepares dough, wrappers and baking, while the wife handles ingredients and mixed fillings. Although not a craft village, the kitchen shows transmission at household scale.
The competition accepts video, photography and writing entries until noon on October 31, with 45 works expected to reach the final. The featured stories are entries, not announced winners. Their shared emphasis is on practitioners, skills and memory rather than finished objects alone.