daily life

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Two women selling bread at the roadside, each with a cooler box displaying bags of baguettes and round loaves; one woman sits on a plastic chair wearing a conical hat, urban street scene with a railing and vehicles in the background.

Bread sellers

A father stands beside an outdoor concrete table holding a textbook while his son sits and copies a dictation; the background shows an apartment building wall and a pedestrian using a phone.

Making the most of a spare moment

A woman wearing a conical hat and face mask reclining on a folding chair against a blue corrugated metal wall at the roadside.

Midday Dream

A man lying on a mat on the sidewalk, covered with a thin blanket, next to pushcarts; street and passing vehicles visible in the background.

Homeless

A person dressed in a Santa Claus costume sits on a scooter in traffic, beside a black police pickup with a blue stripe; urban street scene with other motorbike riders in the background.

Santa Claus

Busy traffic on Hang Bong Street with many motorcyclists wearing helmets passing under red banners hung across the road.

Banner

Men sitting on small plastic stools on a sidewalk beside motorbikes; foreground sidewalk and street, an overpass and two glass skyscrapers in the background under a sunny sky.

Sidewalk

A tranquil river scene with several boats and floating homes; two people paddle a small boat amid reflective water. A grassy riverbank appears in the background.

Houseboats

A pedestrian holding a red umbrella walks on the footpath of a large iron bridge; a few other people walk ahead, the river below reflects the structure, and a clear blue sky overhead.

The Red Umbrella

Three women standing and talking outside a gate in front of a concrete wall; a dog stands behind the metal gate.

Three women

Four women walk along a paved edge in front of a large open square with a red banner in the background. They wear shirts or wraps covered in handwritten messages; one woman holds up a photograph and another carries a yellow bag. Green grass fills the space behind them.

Want to lie down!

A man sleeping on a Hanoi sidewalk, resting his head on a piece of cardboard, with sandals, a small stool and bottles nearby; motorbikes pass on the street behind him.

Sleeping late

A young man doing a handstand with his feet against the wall in a pedestrian underpass; behind him a woman leads a small child down the stairs.

Planting a banana tree

Two pedestrians crossing an intersection while many motorcycles pass by, producing motion blur around them.

As ordinary as crossing the street

Several people exercising on and around the stairs inside a pedestrian underpass: one person stretching a leg on the handrail, a person in a red dress seated on the steps, another supporting a person who is balancing horizontally on the rail, and a man standing with hands on hips.

Exercising

A young man walks across a marked crosswalk on a busy street at dusk; cars and motorbikes pass by, with headlights and long shadows cast on the road.

Dusk

View from a pedestrian overpass showing a woman in a yellow helmet and blue dress standing on the median strip while motorbikes pass on both sides.

Crossing the road

Exterior of a clothing shop on the sidewalk: a woman adjusts a purple-clad mannequin on the shop steps, beside a seated man wearing a hat reading a newspaper and a red plastic bucket on the pavement.

Setting up shop

A young couple holding ice cream bars and walking hand in hand on a street at night. Black-and-white image with blurred people and motorbikes in the background.

Couple walking in the evening

A couple seated on a stone bench by the lake at night. The man hugs the woman from behind while the woman holds a red rose near her face. Background shows trees and colored lights reflecting on the water.

A Rosebud

Busy street scene waiting at a red light: a young man seated on a bicycle in the front, multiple motorbikes lined up beside him and a large city bus behind. Several people wear helmets and face coverings.

Waiting at the red light

Two men push two toddlers in strollers along a tree-lined path; a fence and a sports area are visible in the background.

Pushing the child out to play

A couple on a stone bench by the lake, the man lying with his head on the woman's lap; sandals on the tiled pavement in the foreground, the lake and blurred trees in the background. Black-and-white, quiet scene.

Green Hoan Kiem Lake

A group of men sitting on a metal guardrail beside the railway, watching a green train passing by. Several wear blue trousers or are shirtless; gravel and grassy ground lie beneath and along the tracks.

Avoiding the train