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

Women cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

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. 

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

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

A woman cultivating soil in a rice paddy. 

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

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

A farmer cultivating a rice paddy on a small tractor. 

A woman tending to her cattle as they graze on the edge of 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.