The Red River, the section running through Nhat Tan, Tu Lien and Phuc Xa wards, has been dried up for several months.

Nobody could imagine that this is a river-bed.

Boats go aground.

Local people cross the river-bed by motorbikes to Hanoi’s centre.

Ox carts transporting soil from one bank to the other.

A temporary “toilet” on the river-bed.

A boat-house.

Grass growing on the river-bed.

Fording a river without getting even your tyres wet

The dried river-bed becomes a spot for couples to take wedding photos.