Children in the dust
Many children in the mountainous province of Ha Giang don’t go to schools instead they go to mining sites to work. Dan Tri reports.
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| Each morning, hundred of people flock to an ore mine in Nam Sooc village, Mau Due commune, Yen Minh district to glen pieces of ore. |
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| Most of the workers are children. |
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| They use primitive tools to collect ore. |
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| These young eyes have turned red from the dust. |
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| These are pieces of ore they have collected |
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| Only high quality ore can be sold at a high price. |
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| Several pieces of ore are the results of a working day for this little girl from the H’mong tribe. |
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| To earn some more money, they have to carry the ore to the road for sale. |
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| They know nothing about these pieces of rocks except that they can earn money from them. |
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| Without being protected, this girl’s eyes are hurt by dust. |
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Source:vietnamnet.vn












