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Yen Duong

@DdbYen

Photojournalist based in Berlin. Previously via Hanoi & Saigon/VN. Member @womenphotograph & @diversifyphoto. Available for assignments. Email yen.ddb@gmail.com

 Berlin, Germany
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Joined February 2016
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It was so inspiring to work with @jocelynpederick of @gmbfilms & @DdbYen to learn Thuan's story. This is just a tiny portion of what she—and many other women from across the Asia Pacific—has to share on how she is helping others take action. Stay tuned for more!#16Days #EndGBV
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of #16Days 🧡 No woman should have to fear violence, but the #COVID19 pandemic has increased this risk for many. Women like Thuan are supporting others to take action against abuse 🙌

16 Days of Activism - Thuan in Vietnam

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Once you achieve ecological balance, the economic benefits will follow. This is the vision behind the community-led initiatives addressing Vietnam's long-standing erosion problems. @SEAsia_RJF grantees @LamLe52 and @DdbYen report for @vietnamenglish: bit.ly/3fKcNEK
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Lam Le@LamLe5230 May 2021
Mangroves in central Vietnam are emerging as a defence line against storms. They’re not a hard barrier, but act like a green pillow that absorbs and lessens the destructive forces of natural disasters. @DdbYen & I documented this with support from @SEAsia_RJF & @pulitzercenter
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A mangrove forest planted along the riverbank of the shrinking village of Triem Tay in Vietnam acts as a ‘green pillow’ that doesn’t stop but slows down the forces of nature. @SEAsia_RJF grantees Lam Le and @DdbYen report for @smh. bit.ly/3hfOAHP
How a ‘Green Pillow’ Is Helping To Save Hoi An From Climate Change Floods

How a ‘Green Pillow’ Is Helping To Save Hoi An From Climate Change Floods

For decades, monsoon floods have been eroding the riverbank of Triem Tay, an island village just a bridge crossing away from the ancient town of Hoi An. As his village shrank, Pham Duoc destroyed...

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March is Women's History Month, and we're delighted to present inspiring new #WomenByWomen content. Vietnamese photojournalist @DdbYen profiles Thu and Huong, members of the Kinh Lon village's women's group. More on Yen and her work with Thu and Huong: bit.ly/2PBh7M5
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Image from ActionAid UK (@ActionAidUK)
Image from ActionAid UK (@ActionAidUK)
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Thank you to @DdbYen for sharing your beautiful, personal images made during quarantine for this piece by @jpinsk on how 2020 was The Lost Year: theatlantic.com/family/archi…
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Image from Emily Jan 詹博惠 (@EmilyBJan)
Image from Emily Jan 詹博惠 (@EmilyBJan)
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My recent photographs on the aftermath of Storm Molave in Central Vietnam for @IFRCAsiaPacific
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@IFRCAsiaPacific5 Nov 2020
Severe flooding and storms in #Vietnam have swamped the homes of millions of people, many already struggling to cope with loss of livelihoods due to the #COVID19 pandemic. Viet Nam Red Cross #volunteers and staff are there to help.
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Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
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With more storms threatening to bring more misery to communities in #Vietnam, @ifrc has launched an emergency appeal for 3.9 million Swiss francs to help reach 160,000 people with essential relief items: bit.ly/3kYYgp0 📷 @DdbYen /IFRC
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Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
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2/3: #Vietnam #RedCross teams have been in action since early October and are now distributing food, drinking water, tarpaulins and blankets to people like 4-year-old Pham Thi Giang Tien. 📷 @DdbYen /IFRC
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1/3: This is the only room left undamaged in the house where Pham Thi Lai, 86, lives with her daughter and granddaughter. #TyphoonMolave is the latest in a string of storms to bring flooding and landslides to central #Vietnam. 📷 @DdbYen /IFRC
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Millions of people are preparing for the eighth big storm due to swamp Vietnam this year. Red Cross volunteers are working night and day to get food, safe drinking water and other vital relief to thousands still stranded by massive floods. Thanks volunteers ❤️ 📷 Yen Duong/IFRC
Working through the night, Viet Nam Red Cross volunteers and relief teams are getting critical relief supplies including food, safe drinking water, kitchen sets, blankets and tarpaulins to people who have been isolated and stranded by massive floods in central Vietnam.

ALT Working through the night, Viet Nam Red Cross volunteers and relief teams are getting critical relief supplies including food, safe drinking water, kitchen sets, blankets and tarpaulins to people who have been isolated and stranded by massive floods in central Vietnam.

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Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
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#RedCross teams in #Vietnam have been on the ground reaching communities cut off by flooding to provide them with essential relief items including food, safe water and tarpaulins. 📷 @DdbYen / IFRC
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Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
Image from IFRC Asia Pacific (@IFRCAsiaPacific)
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This is all that’s left of the house that Ho Thi Nhe (60) and Ho Van Kang (80) have lived in for more than 10 years. Landslides and floods in #Vietnam have affected more than 5 million people, destroying houses and roads, and more bad weather is on the way. 📷 @DdbYen / IFRC
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In 'Perpetual Brightness', Thao Nguyen Phan’s ailing animal becomes a metaphor for a culture, and a world, adrift on the verge of ecological disaster ow.ly/WSSo50BE7nh
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Mekong Eye@MekongEye4 Oct 2020
"#Mekong is the broken harp string, the thread forced beyond its power. A mighty river that has sustained life for millennia, now polluted by pesticides, factory runoff and vehicle fumes; mined for sand and drained for irrigation; dammed and over-fished." theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Thao Nguyen Phan review – tribute to the Mekong River's myth and might

Thao Nguyen Phan review – tribute to the Mekong River's myth and might

The Vietnamese artist has created a lyric poem in moving images that explores colonisation, consumption and the rhythms of nature

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📈 Lookups for 'schadenfreude' have spiked 30,500% merriam-webster.com/news-tre…
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Remembering lives we lost this week to India's occupation Kousar Riyaz Irfan Ahmad Dar #kashmirkillings #custodialkilling #policebrutality #militarybrutality
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.@Photoville is open! We're proud to present work from Nelly Ating (@NellyAting) Yen Duong (@DdbYen) Camilla Ferrari (@cmllferrari) Nyimas Laula (@NyimasLaula) Stephanie Mei-Ling (@mei_ling) Tamara Merino & Laurence Philomène (@laurencephilome) this year: photoville.nyc/journal-women…
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