A small group of peasants were marching along the sidewalk bearing banners and posters of protest.
two young vietnamese (the one in stripes crossing the street and the girl behind him) were driven out of their ranks by uniformed soldiers . they looked like students. there was a woman in her 50s ranting against the soldiers who did this. but the two kids just crossed the street away from the march. we were headed for halong bay on a coaster and i asked our tour guide what it was about. i could not tell if he didn't want to or could not explain. he just shrugged his shoulders. people on motorbikes stopped and looked and created slowdown in traffic. but the soldiers allowed the protesters to proceed with their march.
hardly seen, policemen and soldiers do appear within seconds of an incident. one occasion was a vehicular accident my son and i witnessed. a woman in her 70s was hit by a speeding motorbike in front of the ding xuan market. her head hit the pavement and a pool of blood appeared around the head. i did not intervene and decided to stay on the sidewalk with my son to observe. within minutes, a police car came. the woman was able to stand up eventually. the biker who hit her seemed to know what to do. he used his cellphone to call up authorities. after a while, visibly shaken, the victim walked to a waiting police car and was brought out of the scene.
there was a persistent light gray haze in the air, even in the suburbs. i suspect this comes from the coal plants, the ubiquitous motorbikes or a heating economy. above is a cemetery with a horse-driven carriage passing and the haze in the background.
A small group of peasants were marching along the sidewalk bearing banners and posters of protest. 
two young vietnamese (the one in stripes crossing the street and the girl behind him) were driven out of their ranks by uniformed soldiers . they looked like students. there was a woman in her 50s ranting against the soldiers who did this. but the two kids just crossed the street away from the march. we were headed for halong bay on a coaster and i asked our tour guide what it was about. i could not tell if he didn't want to or could not explain. he just shrugged his shoulders. people on motorbikes stopped and looked and created slowdown in traffic. but the soldiers allowed the protesters to proceed with their march.
hardly seen, policemen and soldiers do appear within seconds of an incident. one occasion was a vehicular accident my son and i witnessed. a woman in her 70s was hit by a speeding motorbike in front of the ding xuan market. her head hit the pavement and a pool of blood appeared around the head. i did not intervene and decided to stay on the sidewalk with my son to observe. within minutes, a police car came. the woman was able to stand up eventually. the biker who hit her seemed to know what to do. he used his cellphone to call up authorities. after a while, visibly shaken, the victim walked to a waiting police car and was brought out of the scene.
there was a persistent light gray haze in the air, even in the suburbs. i suspect this comes from the coal plants, the ubiquitous motorbikes or a heating economy. above is a cemetery with a horse-driven carriage passing and the haze in the background.
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