Hanoi

135 photos

A man seated on the sidewalk by a low planter sharpening a knife on a whetstone; several knives, tools, a small bowl and a plastic bottle are arranged around him.

Sharpening knives

A person on a bicycle wearing a conical hat carries a large load of white styrofoam boxes tied to the bike, riding under an overpass with other vehicles visible in the background.

Styrofoam boxes

A woman sits facing right on a small orange children's bicycle with training wheels, on a paved brick courtyard.

Overloaded

A group of young people wearing blue shirts and green hats run across a flooded street in heavy rain; behind them motorbikes with rain covers pass by and a tree-lined fence is visible in the background.

Running in the rain

A line of women outdoors exercising in a row, many smiling and placing their hands on the person in front; a small child stands among them holding a woman's skirt.

Exercising

Four women seated on small plastic stools in an alley; one woman combing and plucking hair from the head of the woman in the center while the others sit and talk, background shows the narrow street with motorbikes and houses.

Plucking nits

A person curled up on the road after a collision, surrounded by a pool of blood, scattered banknotes and a crowd of bystanders with motorbikes gathered at the scene.

Traffic accident

A line of students inside a polling room, handing voting papers to staff and dropping them into red ballot boxes in front of a backdrop with a banner and the national flag.

Students going to vote

A flooded section of the ring road with motorcycles and cars driving toward the camera, a pink-purple sunset sky and headlights reflecting on the water.

Sunset

Three women sit on a window ledge in front of a shop display featuring luxury handbags; two look ahead while the woman on the right uses a mobile phone, with several motorbikes parked in front.

Luxury goods

A shirtless man stands on a shared building corridor, hanging two red patterned quilts on a drying pole; several red flags with yellow stars are displayed nearby.

Drying quilts

Truong Chinh street at sunset with motorcycles, cars and a bus traveling along the road between rows of buildings; the sun glows low on the horizon illuminating the street.

Truong Chinh Street

A flower vendor wearing a conical hat sits on a low stool resting at the sidewalk; a bicycle with a large basket of long white flowers is parked beside them. A red commemorative banner hangs from a pole, trees line the pavement and blurred vehicles are visible in the background.

Noon break

Two men sit side by side at a festival setting; the man on the right leans in to whisper to the man on the left. Black-and-white, candid documentary style.

Whispering

A woman wearing a conical hat carries two baskets of mulberries on a shoulder pole, walking beside a busy road full of motorbikes.

Selling mulberries

A person sits on a stone bench at the tiled lakeside promenade beneath leafless tree branches; tree and human shadows fall across the walkway, with the wide lake extending beyond.

Resting

A group of women practicing a red fan dance on a city square; background shows buildings, a fountain and passersby.

Fan dance

A young man hangs by both hands from the pole of a large election poster; two other walkers pass by along the lakeside in the background.

Exercising

Three young people sit on a park bench. Two women on the left are eating ice cream bars; the middle woman holds a brown handbag on her lap. A young man on the right wears earphones and holds a phone, looking to the side. Background shows grass and a roadside area.

Eating ice cream

A young couple holding hands walking along the lakeside promenade; the man is walking beside a bicycle. Urban street background with pedestrians, benches and trees.

Strolling by the lakeside

An old brick tower on the lakeside with an arched lower doorway; two people walk through the arch in silhouette. Background shows leafless trees, the lake and a loudspeaker pole at right. Black-and-white high-contrast image.

Hoa Phong Tower

A person in a red outfit stands by a leafless tree trunk at the edge of Sword Lake, stretching an arm toward the water; many bare branches frame the overcast sky.

Sword Lake

Black-and-white image of a woman walking along a lakeside promenade, with a tall lamppost in the foreground and blurred architectural structures in the background.

Walking

A dog on a leash trailing behind a moving motorbike crossing a busy intersection; motion blur of a truck and car visible in the background.

Tired tongue