VIET NAM 2005. Women weaving bamboo baskets together. By weaving baskets and selling them at the market these women earn extra income beyond their usual rice crop yields. 

VIET NAM 2005. Women weaving bamboo baskets together. By weaving baskets and selling them at the market these women earn extra income beyond their usual rice crop yields. 

VIET NAM 2005. Women farmers preparing the earth for the planting of a new rice crop. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman starting a fire for cooking using rice straw. 

Women farmers sprinkling rice straw ash on the newly planted crop of rice. 

VIET NAM 2005. Women farmers bringing bags of their rice paddy yields to a rice mill where the grains will be separated from the chaff by a machine. 

Women farmers preparing the earth for the planting of a new rice crop. 

VIET NAM 2005. Women cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman spreading fertilizer by hand on a vegetable crop. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman walking home through the rice paddies with a traditional carrier basket draped over her shoulders. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

VIET NAM 2005. A man working the rice mill in a private shop where rice paddy yields are separated into saleable rice grains and chaff. 

VIET NAM 2005. A villager weaving his way through cattle on a rural village street. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman selling ducks at a local market in Tien Giang Province. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman hand watering a vegetable crop. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman and her daughter feeding their pigs and chickens in their courtyard. 

VIET NAM 2005. A woman planting rice seeds in a rice paddy prepared for cultivation.