A Vietnamese shop used a laser to engrave patterns onto coconuts and watermelons for the upcoming Lunar New Year.

In the video, captured in Hà Nội in Vietnam on January 19, a laser created impressive patterns on the shells of a coconut and a watermelon.

To meet the demand of using coconuts as a decoration during Lunar New Year, the shop used a laser instead of a handmade method to make carving patterns on melons quickly and accurately.

Customers can request the patterns to be carved on the coconuts and melons and it only takes a few minutes to complete the product by using the laser.

It cost around USD$3 to $5.

Vietnamese shop use laser technology to decorate the coconuts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year
Video captured the moment of Vietnamese shop use laser technology to decorate the coconuts and watermelons on the occasion of the Lunar New Year in Ha Noi, Viet Nam
To meet the needs of using coconuts to decorate the Lunar New Year, instead of the handmade method of decorating coconuts and watermelons by hand, the shop in Hanoi has used laser technology to decorate the coconuts.
According to the shop owner, laser technology makes decorating the coconut quickly and accurately according to the programmed images. Customers can request to decorate the coconuts and watermelons as desired.
The previous coconuts, if decorated by hand, took more than 30 minutes, thanks to the use of laser technology, it only took a few minutes to decorate a coconut or watermelon.
The coconuts and watermelon are sold for between 3USD and 5 USD.