Yeng, Tay Ethnic Group

Vietnam The People

Yểng, 70, Tày Ethnic Group Yểng sits on the floor of her tra­di­tion­al stilt house “Tày peo­ple wear black Ao Dai (Viet­namese long dress split at the sides). Our ances­tors wore it like this.” We met Yểng when by chance, we stopped in her vil­lage as there were many...

Pa Then Couple, Ha Giang Vietnam

Vietnam The People

The Story of a Pa Then Couple Tả 61, Phong 65 — Ha Giang Viet­nam “We lived in the same vil­lage. At first, we found out that we matched and “joked” with each oth­er, then we fell in love. Her fam­i­ly reject­ed our mar­riage for 4 years, even­tu­al­ly, they allowed...

Giua, White Hmong Ethnic Group, Ha Giang, Vietnam

Vietnam The People

Giua, Hmong Ethnic Group, Ha Giang, Vietnam “I am here hang­ing out and work­ing. Peo­ple take pic­tures of me and give me some mon­ey. I use the mon­ey to buy books and note­books for my stud­ies. My par­ents work in the fields. I have been doing this for...

Collecting Palm Leaves — Red Dao

Vietnam The People

Collecting Palm Leaves — Sản, Red Dao Ethnic Group Sản, 62, Dwarfed By Her Load Of Palm Fronds “These leaves are for build­ing a house (they are used as a roof). The name of this leaf? Hmm, I don’t know how to call it in Viet­namese (her native lan­guage is that of...

Giay Shaman Northern Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam The People

Lái — Shaman — Giáy Ethnic Group The Sto­ry of a Shaman from North­ern Vietnam “I am a fourth-gen­er­a­tion shaman. My father is a shaman as well. I start­ed to learn when I was 15.” “It is not easy becom­ing a shaman. It’s eas­i­er to learn Viet­namese than this...

Hoi An Flood Japanese Bridge

Hoi An The People, Vietnam The People

Len — Flood in Hoi An Len — Hoi An Flood, Japan­ese Bridge “Yes­ter­day was such an exhaust­ing day. I was so wor­ried about my boat and I could not sleep. I stayed up the whole night to pro­tect my boat, oth­er­wise, the wind would blow it away. If I had just...