CAPTION: “Before, I’d have to buy piglets from the market, but now I know how to breed them on my own”, Hue says triumphantly. “Last year, I sold 13 pigs. This made me 37 million Dong (US$ 1,737)”. This is not the summit of her ambitions, however. “I want to develop my business even further in the future”, she insists. Pictured here, Hue’s sister-in-law helps the children get ready for school. With a higher household income, Hue and her family have been able to purchase a motorbike, a refrigerator and a biogas unit. LOCATION: Coong Village, Huy Tuong, Son La Province, Vietnam. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Ha Hong Le, Dinh Thai Son and Ha Thi Huong.

