The water of Red River has risen after the recent Typhoon Dianmu, causing dozens of poor households living on the river bank difficulties.

Many among the temporary and deteriorated houses on the dirty section of the Red River in Phuc Xa Ward, Ba Dinh District, have been submerged by heavy rains following the storm.

These people came from different localities nationwide. Most of them work as porters, motorbike drivers or scrap buyers. Every day, they often get up around 3 am to go to work, leaving their children to take care of themselves.

They also grow vegetables and then take them to the inner-city districts for sales.

Most of the people here do not have an official residency and some don’t have marriage certificates. So, parents are worried about the future of their children who cannot go to public schools and receive proper healthcare without official residency.

They have been living by Red River for many years, but without clean water and electricity.