Playing ball

A young boy swings on his house door as friends play football after school in a small alley on Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Hanoi. Photo taken by Instagram account pwin_pt.

See the sea!

People take pictures of a beach on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. Photo taken by kmonnguyen on Instagram.

Show of strength

 Instagram account maladroite_ captures children learning martial arts in Hanoi.

Net worth

A man checks fishing nets on a lake in the Central Highlands town of Bao Loc on an early misty morning. Photo taken by Instagram account andycby777.

Sacred morning

Two women burn incense and pray early in the morning at a pagoda in Saigon’s District 3. Photo taken by eestarnes on Instagram.

Mistical beauty

Hanoi’s iconic Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake shrouded in mist. Photo taken by Instagram user analogue_spirit. 

On a roll

A cyclo carries at least 20 large fabric rolls on a Saigon street. The highly handy cyclo, once ubiquitous all over Vietnam, has been banned from most streets in all major cities for years. Photo taken by account jethuynh on Instagram. 

Appetizing sight

A street vendor prepares to sell fresh and deep-fried rolls and bun thit nuong cha gio, a mixture of rice noodles, lean grilled pork, fried spring rolls and fresh vegetables, at a street corner in Saigon. Photo taken by bummel.durch.die.welt on Instagram.

Very picky

Workers pick tea leaves at an estate in Moc Chau District of the northern mountainous province of Son La. Photo by Instagram account duc_rong.