VIET NAM 2005. A restaurant owner fire roasting a dog in rice straw on the side of a road. 

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

VIET NAM 2005. A young girl working the rice mill in her family's shop. 

VIET NAM 2005. A young girl working the rice mill in her family's shop. 

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. 

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. The head of a butchered pig in preparation for a wedding feast. 

VIET NAM 2005. A slaughtered pig being butchered for cooking in preparation for a wedding feast. 

VIET NAM 2005. The neighbor's dogs watch a woman feed her chickens and pigs next door. 

VIET NAM 2005. Villagers plucking feathers of chickens in preparation of a wedding feast. 

VIET NAM 2005. Villagers plucking feathers of chickens in preparation of a wedding feast. 

VIET NAM 2005. The neighbor's dogs watch a woman feed her chickens and pigs next door. 

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

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

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

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

VIET NAM 2005. Villagers cleaning and preparing chicken for a wedding feast. 

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

VIET NAM 2005. Villagers plucking feathers of chickens in preparation of a wedding feast. 

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