AFP通信のインスタグラム(afpphoto) - 11月10日 12時16分

AFP Photo ? Kao Nguyen - Living on edge: Vietnam's 'black canal' dwellers -
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On the banks of Ho Chi Minh City's Xuyen Tam canal the houses come in many forms. Short or tall, pieced together from scraps of wood, or metal or plastic. Some tilt precariously over the polluted water's edge.
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The makeshift homes are set to be demolished under long-promised government plans to redevelop the city's "black canals" -- nicknamed for the darkened hue of their waste-strewn waters -- where thousands live with no legal title to the land.
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That worries grandmother Nguyen Thi My, who for the past 28 years has lived on the downtown Xuyen Tam canal, eking out a living selling snacks.
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It's a familiar woe in the city where land fights frequently flare up between residents and a government seen to be in the pockets of powerful developers.
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My's is one of 20,000 remaining households on Ho Chi Minh City's serpentine waterways slated to be demolished by 2020 as part of the city's massive renewal project that promises to replace some of the polluted canal banks with Parisian-style riverside promenades, paved roads, modern shops and buildings.
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Around 36,000 homes along the city's canals have already been cleared, forcing residents to move to the outskirts or accept compensation that is often lower than soaring market rates.
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Some canal dwellers like Le Thi Thanh are fed up with the trash -- and stench -- and say they'd happily move.
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