VietNamNet Bridge - Not only in rural areas, but children in cities also suffer from disadvantaged lives. Many of them have to make a living when when they are very young.


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Mr. Ho Non in Khanh Hoa province is blind, and his nephew Ya Van Ho Diep (Van Kieu ethnic) suffers from severe seizures. Diep wants to be his grandfather’s eyes. He takes his grandfather everywhere.
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Nguyen Ngoc Tai’s mother abandoned him when Tai was a few months old. Tai lives with his aunt Nguyen Thi Pha, a widow whose husband died more than 20 years ago. The two people live in a boat and have a floating life. Pha said raising her nephew is her greatest happiness. Currently, she anchors her boat by the river of Sa Giang in Sa Dec (Dong Thap province) to find work on the banks, to take care of her nephew.
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A baby asleep near her mother who weaves a sedge mat. Dinh Yen sedge mat weaving village in Lap Vo, Dong Thap province has a tradition of hundreds of years. Today, due to the development of modern society, the traditional job of sedge match weaving has been abandoned. Only a few households still pursue this trade.
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A little girl in Tram Chim Town, Tam Nong district of Dong Thap province. Her family earns a living by growing lotus. One day she can pick about 300 lotuses to sell for VND1,000 dong/lotus.
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Children of ethnic Ma in Dang Dung village, Bao Lam district of Lam Dong province, extends her hands for candies from members of a charitable organization. Ma ethnic people have a poor life. Due to lack of knowledge about children's health, children here are usually not cared for carefully so they are not healthy.
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A boy in Mui Ne of Binh Thuan province. This boy has to work in the sand dunes. He leases skateboards to tourists. He earns VND100,000 ($4.5) a day. 
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A kid collects seaweed on the beach of Co Ong, in Khanh Hoa province. Daily at 4pm when the tide goes down, he goes to the beach to pick seaweed to sell for VND50,000 ($2.2)/kilo. However, the seaweed is running out.
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Two kids play on Tau Hu canal bank in District 8, HCM City. Below them is black water full of trash. Over time the beautiful canals have been heavily polluted, causing many diseases for people.
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Two child beggars in HCM City. In this city, many children and old people are forced to work as beggars by some gangs.
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Nguyen Thi Tron, born in 2005, from Diep Son Island in Van Thanh commune, Van Ninh district of Khanh Hoa province. Her father refused to recognize her as his daughter for several reasons. Her grandfather, thus, named her "Tron" (hide). Tron is living with her grandfather of 84 years old and a mentally ill mother. They earn their living by planting potatoes and cassavas.
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Nung Gia Y is an ethnic minority kid who wanders in the city of Ha Giang as beggar. He sleeps on the sidewalk or in a local park. He eats anything that people give him.
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A Hmong boy in Sung La, Ha Giang, who is forced by his family to take pictures with tourists for money. He sat alone on the porch. Since tourism developed in Ha Giang, many kids are forced to follow tourists to ask for money or to earn money from taking pictures with tourists.
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The eyes of a Cham ethnic baby in Bung Binh Thien in An Giang province. This is a commune near the Vietnam-Cambodia border, home to a Muslim Cham community.


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