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VIETNAM, Looking for Home, May 2003


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LIQUID VIETNAM
Slideshow From a Watery Landscape

INTERVIEW WITH NGUYEN QUI DUC
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Liquid Vietnam - Slideshow from a Watery Landscape

Rice
Vietnam, which ships more than 3 million tons of rice a year, is the third-largest rice exporter in the world (after Thailand and India), with paddies covering close to a quarter of the country's land. Though they are slowly being replaced by tractors, swamp buffaloes continue to play a key role in the cultivation of rice fields.

Man working in rice field

Woman bends to plant rice

Water buffalo

Man working in the rice fields

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