Photo: Classroom at the Vinh Son II Orphanage

Hilltribe children at this orphanage were left parentless from disease, farming accidents, and, I presume, clashes with the government during ethnic uprisings obliquely described as ‘hill-tribe wars’.

There are over 300 orphans at the two Vinh Son homes, with a representation of 10 ethnic minority groups, and ages ranging from newborn to 20-years-old.