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- Foundation of a diet
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 1
- Wherever rice will grow in Southeast Asia, it is grown. Rice is one of the most nutritious and protein-rich grains that humans have domesticated from wild plants. Here, a woman is selling rice in an outdoor market in Hanoi. The round woven basket in front...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Passengers walking outside train on platform between Hanoi and Dong Ha

- Passengers walk outside a blue and yellow train on a platform between Hanoi and Dong Ha. A woman wearing pants and a print shirt walks toward the background carrying a young child. Several men wearing white business shirts and dark pants are visible in the...
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- Two electricians climb on cement building to fix network of power cables in Hanoi

- Two electricians climb on the front of a cement building to fix a tangled network of power cables in Hanoi. The young man seen on the lower level is wearing a tan uniform. The other man above wears grey pants and a light shirt.
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- Hanoi building left damaged from the Vietnam War

- A Hanoi building damaged during the Vietnam War still stands closed with a missing roof, chipped stucco, and damaged paint. Graffiti is written on an outside wall. This style of building with arched door and windows, stucco over brick, and decorative columns,...
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- Hanoi woman laughing with toothpick in her mouth

- A middle-aged Hanoi woman, standing in a storefront, is laughing with a toothpick in her mouth. Her hair is parted in the middle and tied back. She is wearing a dark, long-sleeved blouse with covered front buttons. The woman photographed is most likely a shopkeeper...
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- Rows of motorcycles parked in neat lines in Hanoi

- Dozens of motorcycles are parked neatly in dense rows along a street in Hanoi. Throughout Southeast Asia, motorcycles are more common than cars because more people can afford them. Motorcycles are the vehicles that middle class families are most likely to...
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- Visitors stroll along a walkway outside Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum in Hanoi

- Visitors stroll along a neatly manicured garden walkway outside Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum in Hanoi. This large grey building with imposing square pillars was built between 1973 and 1975, using Vietnamese stone and other local materials. Following the tradition...
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- Hanoi girl tends a toddler sitting in the front basket of a motorcycle

- A pre-adolescent girl tends a toddler who sits perched in the front basket of a motorcycle parked outside a storefront in Hanoi. The children are both wearing sleeveless pink pajamas. Older sisters and brothers in Asia generally are expected to be responsible...
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- Hanoi market women talking
- There was an outdoor market across from my hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. Though it was not large, it was possible to find anything from combs to shoes to fresh meat and vegetables. Merchants line up in long rows, selling their merchandise from a blanket on the...
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- Hanging tray with stacked bowls of prepared foods sold by street vendor in Hanoi

- Bowls of prepared foods being sold by a street vendor are stacked high on a round tray. The tray is suspended by ropes carried on a shoulder pole by the Hanoi food merchant. Customers request and pay for a selected set of side dishes, which they eat with rice....
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- Old Quarter Hanoi commercial street with pedestrian and motorcycle traffic

- Pedestrian and motorcycle traffic moves through a busy commercial street in Hanoi's Old Quarter. Stores advertise their wares on large signs mounted over the doors. Apartments, some with balconies, are built on the second floors. Often shopowners' families...
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- Several people, including woman with small child, look from street into residence

- Several people, including woman carrying a small child, look from the street into a building in a residential Hanoi neighborhood. An older child, a young man, and another person stand near the woman. The two-story, French-style building has a cement and stucco...
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- Street food
- In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 8
- “Street food” is generally freshly made, inexpensive, and readily available throughout urban areas of Southeast Asia. Here, bowls of prepared foods bare stacked high on a round tray which is suspended by ropes carried on a shoulder pole by the...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Women and men musicians accompany a water puppet performance in Hanoi

- Women and men musicians play traditional instruments, including drums and flute, at a water puppet performance in Hanoi. Vietnam's unique water puppet tradition is said to date back approximately 1,000 years. Early northern Vietnamese farmers created these...
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- A water puppet appears near lily pads at a performance in Hanoi

- A single water puppet appears splashing in a spotlight near lily pads at a performance in Hanoi. Behind the puppet is the screen concealing the puppeteers. Above the puppet is the cloth-decorated platform where the musicians sit. Vietnam's unique water puppet...
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- Close-up view of colorfully painted water puppets performing in Hanoi

- This close-up view shows painted wooden puppets appearing to walk across a water surface at a performance in Hanoi. One high status character in the procession rides a wooden horse while the others carry his flag or guard his possessions. Vietnam's unique...
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- Three men sitting at a streetside cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam

- Three young men in long pants and T-shirts sit on red plastic stools at a streetside cafe in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. A woman wearing a headscarf stands nearby beside a rack of items for sale. She carries a plastic bag of goods and is either another...
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- Rear view of a bicycle rickshaw transporting a passenger in downtown Hanoi.

- A bicycle rickshaw or "cyclo" driver transports a passenger through downtown Hanoi. One of Hanoi's wide, commercial boulevards is visible in the background. Cyclos look like large tricycles with a canopy-covered, double passenger seat in front of the handlebars....
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- A woman sells rice from large bags at a Hanoi outdoor market

- A woman sells varieties of white rice from three large paper bags at a Hanoi outdoor market. She wears a palm leaf sunhat, a print blouse, and a string of dark beads. A round woven basket in front contains black rice or dark beans for sale. In some Southeast...
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- Front view of empty bicycle rickshaw driven in Hanoi and shoppers in motion

- A man drives his empty bicycle rickshaw or "cyclo" through a commercial street in Hanoi. The slightly blurred image shows nearby shoppers in motion. Cyclos look like large tricycles with a canopy-covered, double passenger seat in front of the handlebars. These...
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