Sim Chi Yin At high tide, a seemingly endless stream of sand barges sails down the Cho Gao canal en route to Saigon. Rampant sand mining and dredging are going on along the Mekong River in Vietnam, with part o
(...) f the sand fueling rapid urbanization and construction domestically. A portion of the sand is also being exported, to wealthier neighbors like Singapore. Gao, Tien Giang, Vietnam. 2017. From "Shifting Sands", 2017 — on-going. © Sim Chi Yin | Magnum Photos
