For production material, the locals plant bamboo around their houses, in their gardens, and on the roadsides. (Photo: Nguyen Luan/Vietnam Pictorial)

The trees are cut down, sawed, split into laths, and then split further into strips for weaving. (Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Hai/VOV)

After being split into laths, the bamboo is dried in the sun for a few days. (Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Hai/VOV)

Thai My villagers use machines for certain production steps to increase productivity. (Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Hai/VOV)

(Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Hai/VOV)

The rims of bamboo baskets are dried before weaving (Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Hai/VOV)

One stage of weaving bamboo products (Photo: Nguyen Luan/Vietnam Pictorial)

The village still makes only rattan and bamboo products. (Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Hai/VOV)

(Facebook photo: Cu Chi bamboo)

All the villagers in Thai My, old or young, are quite good at the craft. (Photo: Nguyen Luan/Vietnam Pictorial)

Each rattan and bamboo product, whether simple or complex, goes through many stages. (Facebook photo: Cu Chi bamboo)

Rattan and bamboo products are attractive and useful, meet the standards of domestic and foreign markets, and produce a stable income for local people. (Facebook photo: Cu Chi bamboo)

A wind chime made of bamboo (Facebook photo: Cu Chi bamboo)

A bamboo lantern (Facebook photo: Cu Chi bamboo)