Temporary residents of these open-air boats have left the countryside in search of higher wages in the city.
This photograph taken on September 8, 2019 shows Han Van Hoa, a Vietnamese migrant worker living for the past 10 years in the floating guesthouse along the banks of the Red River in Hanoi, smoking a cigarette as others take a nap after a day’s work. — AFP pic
Everyone sleeps on thin mats, exposed to the elements inside the open-sided boats, while privacy is non-existent with mosquito nets the only partitions between cramped living quarters. Wages in Vietnam’s cities are at least double those of the countryside in a nation where the World Bank says the average annual income is around US$2,600.
But for many of the workers living on the Red River, the flexibility and camaraderie that comes with selling fruit brings fragments of comfort.
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