Sending love through these cakes.

Despite suffering heavy losses from recent floods, people in Quang Ngai province are focusing on making banh chung and banh tet (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes) to support flood victims in Central Vietnam.

Video: Heartwarming stories of sticky rice cakes (Banh Chung and Banh Tet) being given to flood victims in Central Vietnam. Produced by: Nguyen Trang

On the morning of October 31st, at Kim Phu Pagoda in Tho Phong commune, Quang Ngai province, Buddhist monks and nuns, along with members of the Women's Association of Tho Bac village, Tho Phong commune, gathered to wrap banh chung and banh tet (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes) to support flood victims in Central Vietnam.

Elderly women also gathered at the temple to help cut banana leaves and cook banh chung and banh tet (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes). Photo: NGUYEN TRANG

Banana leaves were also donated by women in the village. Photo: NGUYEN TRANG

Over 400 kg of glutinous rice and 200 kg of mung beans were collected and donated by kind-hearted people in the area through the efforts of the Thọ Bắc Village Women's Association and Kim Phú Pagoda. For many days now, the kitchen has been filled with the smoky aroma of stirring the rice and wrapping the cakes, creating a constant, lively atmosphere.

Each person was in charge of a task, working diligently to complete the sticky rice cakes (bánh chưng and bánh tét). Photo: NGUYỄN TRANG

Photo: NGUYEN TRANG

As soon as a batch of cakes is cooked, nun Tuệ Hạnh, the abbess of Kim Phú Pagoda, rushes to send them via charitable vehicles, handing them directly to the authorities so they can be delivered to areas submerged in floodwaters.

These cakes are the size of a palm, easy to hold and eat during the floods. Photo: NGUYEN TRANG

The elderly woman has just finished wrapping the sticky rice cakes (bánh chưng) to send to the flood-affected areas. Photo: NGUYỄN TRANG

NGUYEN TRANG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/gui-tam-long-tu-nhung-chiec-banh-post821022.html