Cotton-Pickin’ Days

Apartment building above Ham Nghi market.

Ham Nghi Market
People are at one with their motorbikes here.
They routinely ride up to the stalls or store fronts
to buy what they need all without getting off their bikes.

More of local life conducted astride a motorbike.
The woman at left is eating her lunch.
The wheelchair is operated by pulling and pushing the steering wheel back and forth much like rowing a boat.
Many of the handicapped people riding these wheelchairs have a board affixed to the steering wheel
that’s covered with lottery tickets for sale.

Red and yellow balloon arches on Le Duan street in preparation for Victory Day.
The war in Vietnam ended on April 30, 1975.