Food Supply (Tham nuoi)
Most of the former high ranking
officers and officials who were detained in concentration
camps would suffer without the care of their families on the
outside. A family visit usually meant great sacrifices. Each
time their wives brought them supplies, their wives and children
would have to live on limited food themselves for months in
order to buy some kilos of rice, mung beans, medication, sugar
and salt, and used clothes. Once the wives gathered the items
their husbands requested, they began an adventure. First,
they would travel by train for several days, transfer to a
truck or bus, ride in a sampan on the river, then climb on
a back of buffalo or a bike, followed by walking for hours.
The wives went through this difficult trip in order to meet
their husbands for a maximum time of one hour. No emotional
exchanges or physical contact was allowed during the visit.
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