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Fall from wealth: From millionaire to man surviving by collecting trash on Shanghai streets

Fall from wealth: From millionaire to man surviving by collecting trash on Shanghai streets

Once a thriving businessman who earned 400,000 yuan (US$55,000) in just 25 days and owned two houses in Shanghai, Chen, now in his 70s, is surviving by collecting trash on the streets of the city.

Covid makes hard lives even harder for poor, homeless people in HCMC

Covid makes hard lives even harder for poor, homeless people in HCMC

Many poor and homeless people in Covid-19 epicenter HCMC have to depend on others’ charity for food since they can no longer sell lottery tickets or scavenge for junk.

Saigon man dresses up as clown, cuts hair for street people

Saigon man dresses up as clown, cuts hair for street people

Nguyen Van Phap, a barber, dons a clown’s costume and cycles around Saigon at night to give free haircuts to homeless people.

October 23, 2020 | 03:00 am PT

Jester barber cuts poor Saigonese some slack

Jester barber cuts poor Saigonese some slack

Donning his zany, colorful clown costume, barber Nguyen Van Phap cycles into the night after work, looking to spruce up Saigon's poor and destitute.

October 21, 2020 | 06:29 am PT

An English teacher reaches out to Hanoi’s homeless

An English teacher reaches out to Hanoi’s homeless

Christopher Axe knew what to do as soon as he saw homeless Vietnamese people. He’d been there before.

September 11, 2018 | 06:30 pm PT

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