VIET NAM. 2002. This girl lives with her family on their boat moored on the Saigon River. To get to school, she punts herself to the bank standing on a piece of Styrofoam packing material.

VIET NAM. 2002. The CD is seen as a most glittering jewel in the eyes of poor children.

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam at Peace. These poor families living in overcrowded conditions typical of much of Ho Chi Minh City are allowed to live among these graves on condition that they keep them in good condition. 2002.

VIETNAM. Vietnam at Peace. On the ‘more is more’ principle, the Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever has blanketed Vietnam with washing powder advertisements. 2002.

VIETNAM. Ha Noi. Vietnam at Peace. These girls were dancing on a raised platform in a shopping mall in Ha Noi watched by tired shoppers and their fascinated children. With the increasing popularity of Western music there have been exhibitions of pelvic thrusting in the most unlikely places. 2002.

VIETNAM. Vietnam at Peace. Worker at the Ford car factory, a joint venture that was set up in 1995. Sales are ‘sluggish’ but today’s low figure of 5.5 cars per 1,000 people enables manufacturers to be optimistic about the future. 2002.

VIETNAM. One universal observation is the subtle way in which the Caucasian stereotype has been accepted as superior. Consumer capitalism depends on persuading people to be dissatisfied with what they’ve got, and this even extends to their very identity. 2002.

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam at Peace. The people of Viet Nam make offerings to their ancestors by burning ritual objects for use in the afterlife, especially on auspicious days such as the first and fifteenth of the lunar month. In Ha Noi they burn fake US $100 bills but residents in Ho Chi Minh City joke that they burn real ones. 2002.

VIET NAM. 2002. American visitors to Viet Nam are always surprised by the lack of animosity towards them. This salesman is demonstrating a dancing, smiling GI Joe complete with his M16 rifle and hand grenade, to bewildered tourists and local people.

VIETNAM. Hanoi. The physical therapy room at the Peace Village Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. The War Museum. 2002

VIETNAM. Hanoi. NGUYEN Tien Nhung is vice-director at the Friendship Village. He is holding a photograph of six-year-old To Thanh Nam. His father fought in the war. He received a wheelchair and was able to return home. 2002

VIETNAM. LAU Thi Binh, nine has slight mental retardation. She does not attend school, but is in the embroidery class. Her friend Loan (on right) suffers from dwarfism. Born in Yen Noi village, Ha Tay Province, she is bright and attends primary school.2002

VIETNAM. Hanoi. Suel JONES, one of a number of former U.S. soldiers who were active in Vietnam, is the force behind the Van Canh Friendship Village. The girl with him is NGUYEN Thi Van Long, seventeen, was born in Nam Dinh Province. Her father was in the war for five years along the DMZ. She has speech and hearing problems because her ears and mouth are deformed. 2002

VIETNAM. Hanoi. The physical therapy room at the Peace Village Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Hanoi. The physical therapy room at the Peace Village Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Hanoi. The physical therapy room at the Peace Village Hospital. 2002.

VIETNAM. Hanoi. The physical therapy room at the Peace Village Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. KIM Thoa, sixteen, suffers from a disfiguring skin condition; her face and body are covered with patches of black, scaly growths. Her father was sprayed while fighting in the south. She worries that her skin looks like that of an animal. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde at the Tu Du Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde at the Tu Du Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM.Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde at the Tu Du Hospital.2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde at the Tu Du Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Baby being fed by LY Ngoc Hoang Tuan Phi, assistant doctor at the Tu Du Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Girl Born in May, 2000 and left at the Tu Du Hospital by her parents. She was never given a name. Her condition, craniofacial dysostosis, is a feature of Crouzon's syndrome. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Baby without a name who was brought from Vinh Long Province to the Tu Du Hospital by her mother, Dang Thi Hong Khuyen. She was born with hydro-encephalitis, and died one month after this photograph was taken. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. NGUYEN Minh Hung is three-years-old and was left at the front door of the Tu Du Hospital. He is severely bow-legged and has the condition known as ankylosing spondylitis. His parents are unknown. 2002

VIETNAM. PHAM Thi Thuy Linh, nine, was born in Ho Chi Minh City with no arms and has learned to write using her feet. Her grandfather was an army officer in the former regime and worked on an aircraft that carried and dispersed Agent Orange during the war. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. A two-year-old boy with no name, who was left at the Tu Du Hospital by his mother, To Thi Bach Lan. He suffers from ankylosing spondylitis and Pierre Robin sequence. 2002.

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde at the Tu Du Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde at the Tu Du Hospital. 2002

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde at the Tu Du Hospital. 2002.

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. TRAN Minh Anh was born in September, 1994, in Long An Province and was left at the front door of the Tu Du Hospital. He is crippled and suffers from a condition called X-linked ichthyosis. 2002

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. Preparing models of US and ARVN soldiers in the War Remnants Museum.

VIET NAM. Ha Noi. 2002. Outside one of the many internet cafes.

VIET NAM. 2002. Dozens of shops and studios in Viet Nam's big cities cater to tourists with an appetite for replicas of famous paintings. Prices are calculated on the basis of dollars per square meter, making it possible to return home with a convincing Renoir for US$20.

VIET NAM. 2002. The Colonel with chickens has successfully penetrated Viet Nam with nine outlets. The bird flu epidemic in 2004 caused all of them to be shut down. They re-opened serving fish burgers.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. Beggar on the street.

VIET NAM. 2002. Ever vigilant advertisers believe that every space exists to carry a message.

VIET NAM. 2002. There are now thousands of bars throughout Viet Nam, well attended by foreigners and locals alike.

VIET NAM. Ha Noi. 2002. Shop selling refrigerators.

VIET NAM. 2002. A curbside sutout of Britney Spears dressed in a way no Vietnamese mother would approve of.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. Waterfront.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. New buildings of questionable taste hurriedly built for the new monied class.

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VIET NAM. Ha Noi. 2002. Calisthenics conducted every morning on the streets.

VIET NAM. 2002. Motorcycles are repaired on street, just as bicycles were in earlier times.

VIET NAM. 2002. Promotions are a part of the new Viet Nam. They are considered an indispensable tool to inspire consumers to buy.

VIET NAM. 2002. Factory workers at the Biti's Footwear Company assemble 7 million pairs of complicated sneakers every year. The footwear seels in the US for about $150 a pair and the workers earn 25 cents an hour.

VIET NAM. 2002. Workers at clothing factories near Ho Chi Minh City. Their average salary, in 2002, was US$45 a month.

VIET NAM. 2002. Workers at clothing factories near Ho Chi Minh City. Their average salary, in 2002, was US$45 a month.

VIET NAM. 2002. Factory workers at the Biti's Footwear Company assemble 7 million pairs of complicated sneakers every year. The footwear seels in the US for about $150 a pair and the workers earn 25 cents an hour.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. Preparations for a beauty competition.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. Nowadays the clenched fist communist salute is rarely seen in Viet Nam. These entertainers were performing in a variety show.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. A hair-dressing competition that seemed to have as its main purpose the ruination of beautiful Vietnamese hair to make the purchase of products to repair the damage mandatory.

VIET NAM. Vung Tau. 2002. Workers at the oli support faciltiy in Vung Tau. Viet Nam exports all its crude oil, as it has no refineries - its state-owned company, PetroVietnam, intends on building one.

VIET NAM. Vung Tau. 2002. Street sign in Vung Tau, a seaside town where many visit at weekends to relax. Viet Nam has of the lowest rates of AIDS in the region.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2002. The Diamond Plaza shopping center in downtown Ho Chi Minh City had its windows replaced with advertisements.