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Mekong Delta Commerce(11 images)
Photographs from throughout the Mekong Delta showing the essential use of the waterways for commerce and transportation of goods from the larger cities to the smallest of villages.
  • 28 March 2006 - A Vietnamese man and his pig travel up the Mekong River near the village of Ba Cáng in one of the many long, flat river boats that traverse the Mekong Delta. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of these many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • A bottle of fuel is handed from the fuel dock to a boatsman carrying a load of empty baskets in the floating market town of Cai Be, Vietnam in the Mekong Delta. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • 28 March 2006 - A Vietnamese woman in the city of My Tho sorts pineapples offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with foods and wares to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • 28 March 2006 - Vietnamese women in the village of Ba Cáng along the banks of the Mekong River sort through produce at a small market of offerings. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages.  (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • 28 March 2006 - A flotilla of large wooden tug boats pulling barges of sand travel down a canal heading toward the Saigon River and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages.  (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • 27 March 2006 - A boat filled with pottery and paintings travels down the Mekong River near the city of My Tho in Vietnam. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages.  (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • 31 March 2006 - A wooden boat carrying a load of produce heads out in the early morning light on the Saigon River near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • 31 March 2006 - A man climbs a rope ladder up one of the freighters lining the river's edge on the Saigon River near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Many items are offloaded from the freighters to one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • A worker carries baskets of brown rice up a plank onto a floating barge in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Most produce and wares are offloaded from one of the many long river boats used to ply the Mekong Delta with the items to be sold at floating markets or to vendors in small river villages. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • An open air market displays bushels of fruits and vegetables in the Mekong Delta town of My Tho, Vietnam. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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  • 27 March 2006 - A vendor, donning the traditional Vietnamese conical hot, sells her produce to buyers in the Mekong River village of Vinh Long in Vietnam. (© 2006 Michael A. Mariant) By photographer Michael Mariant
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