A woman farmer spreading rice straw ash into an inundated rice paddy. 

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. A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

VIET NAM 2005. A farmer cultivating a rice paddy on a small tractor. 

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

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

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. A farmer starting the engine of a small tractor in a rice paddy. 

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 restaurant owner fire roasting a dog in rice straw on the side of a road. 

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

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