With no wood-fired kilns left, Hoi An ancient town patches its roofs with tin and tarps

VNExpress - Nov 3, 2026

Tarps and metal roofing are encroaching on the yin-yang tiled roofs and open-air lightwells of Hoi An's old houses, spoiling the heritage landscape of the UNESCO-listed town in central Vietnam.

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