HAPPY ENCOUNTER

Bắc Hà, Vietnam, 2000 - Leica M4, Summilux 35, Kodak Tri-X * In remote villages of Vietnam’s northern mountains, ethnic minorities continue to eke out a living. They too often struggle on marginal land to raise livestock and grow rice. They have higher illiteracy and school drop-out rates than the ethnic Kinh majority which tends to treat them as an underclass. Their life is getting better but too slowly for sure.