Lao PDR - Nam Ou river - A Khmu ethnic minority woman pounds sticky rice with a traditional wooden mortar and pestle outside her home

A Khmu ethnic minority woman pounds sticky rice with a traditional wooden mortar and pestle outside her home in Ban Pakpok, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Her family have recently moved from their remote mountain village to the riverside village of Ban Pakpok which is located on a road nearby Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 5 construction site.