Floating boat houses on the Red River, seen from Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam

Floating boat houses on the Red River with suburban hanoi in the distance, seen from Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam

North of the Long Bien Bridge bridge are poorest of Hanoi who live physically and figuratively at the edge of the city in these makeshift floating shelters.

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010