Colourful Sapa children earn a living on the street
VOV.VN - Children travel with their parents to Sapa City centre from various surrounding hamlets as they try to earn a living selling products or offering tourism services.
Children in colourful clothes selling trinkets and souvenirs has become a popular sight for visitors. |
Young children and their mother have travelled into town to set up shop on a step, selling beaded bags and purses. |
Mong, Dao, and Giay ethnic minority children aged from 10-12 travel dozens of kilometers into Sapa City. |
They sell baskets of orchids or souvenirs like brocade wallets, hats, and strings. |
Children wear unique traditional costumes from their own ethnic minority groups. |
Some older children must carry their younger siblings around on their backs so their parents can sell goods. |
Whenever they see visitors, especially foreign tourists, they follow them to hawk their wares and souvenirs. |