Record wine jar in central coastal province

Yang Bay Tourism Park in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa announced a record-sized “ruou can” wine jar on June 28.

Ruou can is a kind of Vietnamese wine drunk from a jar through bamboo pipes.

The jar, which is 2.7m high, has a diameter of 1m at its mouth, 1.8m in the middle and 1.4m at the bottom.

The jar was made in one month by artisan Vo Duc Anh and four others.

Artisan Ha Mo, aged 64, together with eight assistants, used 550hg of rice, 100kg of maize, and 1000 litres of water to brew wine in the jar from June 1.

The wine from the jar is now served free to tourists at the gate of Yang Bay park.