Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side

Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side by robocat on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @07:58PM (#27284422)

I definitely saw it years ago up north. And it still occurs today: “In some areas stunting is as high as 75 percent. I don’t recall coming across such high rates anywhere else in the world. The average in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is 40 percent, almost twice the national average in Vietnam.” - https://blogs.unicef.org/east-asia-pacific/visiting-nutritio...

That sentence implies the national average for stunted growth was 20% in 2015 - malnourishment is most definitely a sign of extreme poverty. Although I assume much of that is historical overhang?

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Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side by alephnan on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:28PM (#27284628)

I was hanging out a billiards establishment in a remote village ( population less than 10,000) a decade ago.

There were these elementary-school aged kids smoking cigarettes, cussing, etc. Eventually I realized they were 17.

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