Hanoi family pursues mooncake mould making for decadesA family in Hanoi has spent up to 35 years on making wooden-made mooncake moulds. Every occasion of the Full-moon Festival, Ban’s family produces around 500-600 mooncake moulds. Previously, mooncake moulds were used to be made from Khaya or Thi wood but now it scarcer, so Ban uses aragonite instead. It requires many steps to make a wooden-made mould. Firstly, Ban draws the preliminary shapes of mooncake moulds.