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Hanoi life on the tracks

Many less fortunate residents in Hanoi are living and making their livings dangerously close to railways.

Many less fortunate residents in Hanoi are living and making their livings dangerously close to railways.

Most of them are unskilled labourers or unregistered immigrants.

DTiNews bring readers to photos of their dangerous lives:


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Vendor sitting near the rail line on Phung Hung Street

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Front door just opposite the railway

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Daily along the tracks

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Children’s ‘playground’

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Most residents here are unregistered immigrants

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Making wreaths on railways

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Daily life goes on

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Drying hair

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Dangerous ‘playground’

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Home-made crossing

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Lack of worry

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Path for motorbikes near the railway along Phung Hung Street

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Conscious of dangers?

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Unsafe crossing

Source: dtinews.vn
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