Photos show plight of an acid attack victim in Vietnam

Photographer Nguyen Vu Phuoc hopes to bring awareness about this horrible crime. (Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)

While acid attacks in Vietnam happen often, the punishment is for the crime is too light compared to the consequences for the victims. (Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)

The woman named Ahe, in Phuoc's photo series suffered from the acid attack when she was young. (Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)

Ahe had acid poured over her face and body by her ex-husband's wife, which also caused her to go blind.(Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)

From the day of the attack to her last day on earth, she has suffered mentally, physically and had to live in extreme poverty.(Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)

Her life was spent begging for food in the temples and pagodas.(Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)

Many victims like Ahe suffer from a lifetime of disability and have feelings of guilt and live isolation. (Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)

Phuoc wants to highlight the many issues the victims go through so they get help.(Photo: Nguyen Vu Phuoc)