Women transporting bundles of freshly harvested rice on a bicycle. 

Women transporting bundles of freshly harvested rice on a bicycle. 

Women transporting bundles of freshly harvested rice on a bicycle. 

A woman transporting bundles of freshly harvested rice on a bicycle. 

A young girl taking a bundle of rice straw from a large bale. The straw is used as food for livestock as well as for starting kitchen stove fires for cooking. 

A vendor at the My Tho Market displaying a large bowl of rice. 

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

Women cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

Rice vendors at My Tho Market. 

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

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. 

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

Farmers on the road transporting harvested rice and bags of fertilizer. 

A local farm woman checking on her pigs. 

A local farm woman checking on her pigs. 

A local farm woman checking on her pigs. 

A local farm woman checking on her pigs. 

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

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