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Five men co-operate in the block-making process. One fills the mould with the earth-cement mixture. The foreman adjusts the moulds and regulates the machine. Two others operate the levers to press the blocks into shape. The fifth carries the finished block to the stockpile. The process takes approximately 35 seconds.

Carpenters making the roof trusses for the houses. The timber was supplied by UNKRA.

Mixing the earth and cement through a sieve.

Making roof tiles for the houses. The tiles are made in a mould from a mixture of sand and cement. After drying for a week, the tiles are painted with cement and graphite and emerge with a smooth, hard, rain-shedding finish.

Mixing the cement with earth to form the material which goes into the durable, weather-proof blocks.

Workman setting in a window sash with mortar compounded of cement and earth.

View of a completed houses. The outer surface is plastered with a mixture of earth and cement for the sake of appearance.

Another view of the machine in operation.

Laying the stone-and-concrete foundation on which the rammed-earth blocks are placed.

A completed house in the 200-house An Am Dong project.