This vehicle repair shop on Au Co Street, Tan Binh District has been opened for over 30 years. It is run by Mrs. Ba, 60, and her sisters.

Mrs. Ba has eight sisters and seven of them are vehicle repairers. Mrs. Do Kim Hoan, 53, is the most skilled repairer in the shop.

Porterage is even inappropriate for some men but many women choose this hard work. In the photo is Mrs. Le Thi Tam, 47 years old, a native of Long An province. Tam and her colleagues carry 50kg fertilizer sacks.

Only several women in Saigon are bus drivers. In the photo is Le Thi Hong Hanh, 26, who has been a driver for almost 10 years. 

Mrs. Tran Thi Phuong Hong, a fruit truck driver at the Thu Duc Wholesale Market. Every day, Hong transports fruit from southwestern provinces to HCM City at midnight.

Female porters at Thu Duc Market. They work from 8 pm until 6am the next morning.

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Ut from Vinh Long, a porter at Thu Duc Market.

A female building worker.

A female construction worker at a building site in Phu Nhuan District.