Deadliest Roads - Vietnam

Deadliest Roads - Vietnam

We are in the Quan Hoa mountains in the Northwest of Vietnam. It is one of the poorest and most isolated regions in the country. Here, most of the inhabitants live on less than a dollar a day. However, this province possesses an inexhaustible treasure: bamboo. Or as the Vietnamese refer to it “green gold”. Some of this bamboo is transported on rafts… Makeshift crafts, assembled in just a few hours, are sent down the twists and turns of the tumultuous river Luong.

This region is also the only region in the country where the roads are not asphalted. During the rainy season, which lasts around three months, parts of the region’s commerce is paralysed. Even 4x4s and trucks can’t handle it… The only engine capable of manoeuvring the roads is Van Ly’s “Tuk Tuk”.