The article presents a reprint of the article "In the Valley of Death," by Tien Phong, which appeared in the previous issue of "Thanh Nien News." It explores the risks of death brought by man's lust for gold. It cites the life of Vi Ngoc Luyen, the 80-year-old, who lives in a small village in Vietnam's desolate border with Laos, wherein he has seen his family and community left devastated by a gold rush that seized the area in the 1990s.