Scavengers can easily be ‘swallowed’ by waves and swept away by the sea

By Tuoi Tre News – October 9, 2017, 10:03 GMT+7

Two women are pictured painstakingly scavenging for barnacles ‘glued’ to the cliffs precariously protruding to the sea in Tam Hai Commune, Nui Thanh District, located in the central province of Quang Nam Photo: Tuoi Tre

Groups of women in a province in central Vietnam, including the elderly, have toiled hard at the risk of their own lives in order to scavenge for barnacles and eke out a meager living for years.

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