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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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. 

A woman starting a fire for cooking using rice straw. 

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

A woman selling bananas at My Tho Market. 

Women cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

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

A woman carrying a traditional bamboo basket carrier and rake. The carrier is used to transport heavy or numerous items and the weight can be evenly distributed over both shoulders if need be. 

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

A woman spreading fertilizer by hand on a vegetable crop. 

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

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

A woman selling cutlets of meat at a local market. 

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

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy.