Dan thap phuong - Immigrants

Author :Hoang Le Phuong Tuyen

Upload date :9/17/2009 10:49:42 PM

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Khu vui chơi-Children playground

Author :hdangthu

Upload date :9/20/2009 10:40:19 PM

The picture was taken at Binh Trieu ShipYard , Thu Duc District. As Ho Chi Minh city has developed, the standard of living rises and more modern buildings are built. However, contrast to the modern view, there are still very poor families living next to them.

01. A Contrast

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:24:21 PM

Man earns daily bread for his poor family by cutting down the coconuts’ covers to make the coconuts look nicer, cleaner and easier to transport to the city center. He can earn as much as VND60,000 (US$3.38) per day from cleaning 200-300 coconuts.

02. Coconut House

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:28:23 PM

From the early morning until late at night, everything he sees or remembers is the coconuts and coconuts!

03. Father’s job to take care of the family

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:33:33 PM

A poor family with five people lives in this shelter located in Thu Duc district near a small rivulet. The only source of income comes from selling rubbish. The little girl currently studies 1st grade and her school fee is sponsored by the local government.

04. A Shelter

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:36:47 PM

She said that and climbed down to the floor where she thought she would be free from the bite of the hungry mosquitoes. However, her innocent mind would never know that unless she has a better place to live, she would have to live with many dangerous insects.

05. “There are so many mosquitoes in our house, Dad”

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:40:55 PM

If you see no hope, no future in her eyes, do anything to light up her mind and her life. That is the duty of us – the youth - in the society.

06. A look from a kid

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:43:16 PM

Those houses locate in District 8.Everyday, people lives here has no clean water to use, no official electricity. They live in the city center area but their lives standards are even below the ones in rural areas.

07. Slum dog under the Chanh Hung Bridge

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:45:29 PM

Like other people here, this man has to walk through the mud of the polluted channel to go what he calls “home”.

08. Many lives along two sides of Tau Hu Channel’s banks

Author :United Team

Upload date :9/21/2009 4:48:57 PM

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