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. 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. Women cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VIET NAM 2005. A woman street vendor selling her merchandise in a rural village. 

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. 

A woman selling bananas at My Tho Market. 

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.