Thanh Xuan district

22 photos

A street cart selling bánh cuốn in a narrow alley. A masked vendor cooks on a steaming pan while an assistant stands nearby. A small child sits on a low plastic stool eating from a bowl; parked motorbikes line the wall behind them.

Scoop clean

A street vendor stands with arms crossed beside a pole-mounted 'Ngõ 336' sign and a worn, peeling wall, a basket of packaged snacks and a bicycle nearby.

Entrance of Alley 336

Two men sit on low plastic stools against a yellow wall, drinking iced tea and smoking; a woman walking past is blurred in the foreground.

Iced tea

A man crouches on the sidewalk cutting the hair of an elderly woman seated on a plastic chair; the woman is draped in a red flag with a yellow star. The scene is in front of a shop entrance with a folding metal gate and household items in the background.

Haircut for Mother

A group of people lying and resting on mats under an overpass, with a strip of greenery and a motorcyclist passing on the road behind them.

Afternoon nap

Street scene: a man stands observing spilled goods and a liquid pooled on the road beside a taxi, with multiple motorbikes passing in the background.

Golden summer afternoon

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

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

An elderly man wearing a conical hat rides a bicycle balanced with two woven baskets hanging on either side, moving on a wet city street with pedestrians and sidewalk vendors in the background.

Against the Flow

A man sits on a parked motorbike on the sidewalk reading a newspaper, with pedestrians holding umbrellas and green trees nearby after a rain.

Reading the newspaper after the rain

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

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 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

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 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

Two women at a roadworks site: one operates a jackhammer to break concrete, the other stands watching beside piles of rubble and bamboo poles.

Drilling and Breaking

A woman riding a bicycle overloaded with stacked foam mattresses, speaking on a mobile phone; a conical hat hangs at the front of the bike, photographed on an urban road.

Making a phone call

Night street scene on Nguyen Trai with sidewalk dining tables, multiple red flags with yellow stars hanging along shops, parked motorbikes at the curb, trees overhead and a bus driving on the road in the background.

Nguyen Trai Street

Urban panorama showing two factory chimneys emitting dark smoke above residential rooftops and a nearby construction site under a cloudy sky.

Factory smoke

A person sleeping amid belongings and a pile of wood inside a parked vehicle; the window glass reflects the street and passing vehicles outside.

Daytime nap

Two young people stand on top of a concrete structure at a construction site, embracing against an evening sky. In the foreground a pedestrian walks along the roadside; trees and urban buildings are visible in the background.

Dating

A man wearing a conical hat stands by a hole in the road holding a long pole; large concrete pipes and construction equipment are nearby and a motorbike passes in the background, scene at a roadside construction area.

Fishing