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TO GO WITH:China-Vietnam-Demographics-marriage-lifestyle,FEATURE by Tom Hancock This photo taken on July 29, 2014 shows Vietnamese bride Nguyen Thi Hang (L) and fellow Vietnamese bride Vu Thi Hong Thuy embracing in the shop where Hang works in Weijian village, in China's Henan province. More than 20 Vietnamese brides have found new lives in the poverty stricken rural township, the beneficiaries and sometimes victims of a trade serving farmers who cannot attract local partners in the face of a huge gender imbalance. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH:China-Vietnam-Demographics-marriage-lifestyle,FEATURE by Tom Hancock This photo taken on July 29, 2014 shows Vietnamese bride Nguyen Thi Hang (L) and fellow Vietnamese bride Vu Thi Hong Thuy embracing in the shop where Hang works in Weijian village, in China's Henan province. More than 20 Vietnamese brides have found new lives in the poverty stricken rural township, the beneficiaries and sometimes victims of a trade serving farmers who cannot attract local partners in the face of a huge gender imbalance. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
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