Here we see three wasted Indochinese men being unproductive after their opium fix. LIFE magazine didn’t mince words:
This woman took a hard pass on addictive substances and showed up to the warehouse on time to dry some crepe. 
The article presented a violent look at the Indo-China region, with Tran Dang Man (aka “The Pirate”) lifting his sword in allegiance to the French, whom he and his 25 Annamite troops joined as professional bandits.
French Indochina is now today’s Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.
Cambodian soldiers man a guard tower on a highway leading to Saigon, while the bullock carts hauled rice below, hoping that the 8mm Hotchkiss machine gun wasn’t pointed their way.
In down times, men in Saigon perched on fences like birds on a wire.
This toddler seems to be wondering what the future holds.
I Don't Get It 
That whole area is rich in history and that history is filled with war and conquest. Unfortunately that usually leads to drug use.
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Makes sense.
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‘We’ll die for dear old Dong-Dang.’
Now that’s a phrase we can all get behind. But Ding-Dong can go pound sand. Actually, there is simply too much material in this post to even start generating comments. Interesting stuff for me since I spent a bit of time in SE Asia.
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You certainly know better than I do.
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There were some very lean times for the folks who lived there in most of the 20th century. Here’s wishing them some prosperity and stability.
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