Women of the Golden Triangle This journal gives a small glimpse into the lives of various women in the ethnically diverse northern border region of Vietnam.

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

VIETNAM | Monday, 7 November 2011 | Views [326]

The Sapa Valley is home to many diverse minority ethnic groups thought to have originated centuries ago in southern China - the Zai, Red Dzao, Black and Red Hmong. Here a rice paddy is being planted with seedlings.

A young girl from the H'mong minority wears a traditional neckband crafted from silver. The H'mong live in northernmost areas of Vietnam and Laos.

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It's a long, hot and dusty day for these women at the monthly district market in Bac Ha, northern Vietnam. The intensely colourful, hand embriodered cotton and velvet outfits they wear are the traditional dress of the Flower H'mong and are very hot and heavy in daytime temperatures of more than 30 degrees celcius.

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Women of the Golden Triangle This journal gives a small glimpse into the lives of various women in the ethnically diverse northern border region of Vietnam.

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

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