A pet dog on his owner’s houseboat stationed in a boat community along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010.
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A child climbs into her houseboat along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010. Most boat communities have been relocated from the river to its tributaries.
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A woman working at a gravel unloading site along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010. A majority of those still residing along the river dredge sand as a main source of income.
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A man and woman shovel sand off their boat at a sand-unloading site along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010.
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Men and women load gravel onto a truck at a unloading site along the Perfume River. After being loaded, gravel is transported to concrete and cement factories.
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A community of sand dredgers take a break after lunch along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010.
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A worker takes a break on his boat at a dredging site on the Perfume River near Hue, July 2010.
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Children of sand dredgers jump off their houseboat in their community along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010.
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A child plays with his pet cat in their family houseboat, Hue, July 2010.
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Children play in and out of the water in their boat community along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010.
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A sand dredger ties live frogs together after lunch along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010.
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A community of sand dredgers along the Perfume River, Hue, July 2010. In the last 10 years, in an attempt to clean up Hue’s image for tourists, communities living along the Perfume River have been forced to move to smaller tributaries.
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A community of sand dredgers on their houseboats along the Perfume River after dinner, Hue, July 2010.
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A woman poses in front of Perfume River in Hue, July 2010.
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A local walks along the Truong Thien Bridge, Hue, July 2010.
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