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Hanoi's outdoor workers make a living on freezing cold nights

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VOV.VN - While most people are snug at home wrapped under warm blankets, many poor labourers must go out and earn their living amid the chilly winter weather conditions which have gripped Hanoi.
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Despite chilly days, street workers brave the freezing cold to make a living. They cover themselves up to cope with the temperatures which drop to as low as eight degrees Celsius at night.
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A mother and child sell food in Hai Ba Trung district at night.
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The heavy burden of earning a living falls on the poor workers’ shoulders every night. The colder it is, the harder their tasks are. A group of labourers work hard at night as they try to finish on schedule ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.
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Their shift starts at midnight and lasts until 4 a.m. each day.
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A worker is busy at night on Hang Khay street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
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Poorer street sellers must make money whenever they can, forcing them to stay out in the freezing weather so that they can make ends meet.
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A candy floss seller waits for customers amid dingy conditions.
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Many street vendors are forced to close up early to go back home as business is too quiet due to the cold.
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A cyclo driver patiently waits for customers at night.
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Luck seems to smile at him when a foreign tourist takes a cyclo tour around the city to snap photos at night.
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Some homeless people are forced to shelter next to buildings as they try to stay warm in their sleeping bags.
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A homeless person shelters at a bus stop, which provides little respite from the cold weather.
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A seller braves the weather to work at Quang An flower market in Tay Ho district at 2 a.m.
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The cold weather forces a trader and a motorbike driver to wear extra layers whilst at work.
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A worker makes a living at Yen So market.
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Traders burn a fire to keep warm at Yen So market.
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