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Saigon Family Makes Sidewalk Home In War-Torn City
Toan Thi, 44, and her five children live on Saigon sidewalks. They fill a plastic bag with worldly belongings and wander downtown begging from foreigners and Vietnamese alike. She earns about 500 piasters daily, roughly one dollar, and declines government help hoping for more income on the streets.
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