One-armed hairdresser gets creative in salon


Resilient worker: Tram washing a customer’s hair at her salon in Ho Chi Minh City. — Reuters

FOUR years ago, a traffic accident cost Le Thi Kim Tram her left arm.

Amid the trauma, the 42-year-old lay recovering in hospital, thinking of ways to continue her livelihood – cutting hair, a trade followed by three generations of her family.

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