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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 

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

VIET NAM 2005. A woman tending to her cattle as they graze on the edge of a rice paddy. 

VIET NAM 2005. A farmer starting the engine of a small tractor in a rice paddy. 

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