Barbara Cohen
Biographical Info:
Barbara Cohen served as a psychiatrist with the U.S. Army in Vietnam during the war. Author of The Vietnam Guidebook, Cohen lived in Hanoi. She continues her writing and research in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has broadened her interests to include all of Southeast and East Asia. Email address: barbcohen@hotmail.com
Barbara Cohen's Recent Contributions
Healthy Black Smiles
Barbara Cohen - bcohen [1,045]
On my early visits to Vietnam, I was quickly impressed by the spontaneous warm smiles of the Vietnamese children. On later visits the more reticent but sincere smiles of many older northern Vietnamese...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture
The Vietnamese Zodiac
Huu Ngoc - hngoc [319]
* * * * * Send a "Chuc Mung Nam Moi" card * * * * * In Vietnam, the calendar was devised based on the regularly changing phases of the moon. Most Vietnamese, even city dwellers and overseas...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture
The Meaning of the 36 Streets
Barbara Cohen - bcohen [1,045]
Hanoi's Old Quarter is made up of streets named for their trades or products sold. Here's a list of the streets and their description.
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Architecture
White Horse Temple
Barbara Cohen - bcohen [1,045]
Horse shoes are lucky charms in some countries. In Hanoi, a horse's hoof prints were once considered good luck and the city honors a white horse as its patron saint. A temple to this revered spirit,...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
Architecture
Mid-Autumn Children's Festival
Barbara Cohen - bcohen [1,045]
Mid-Autumn Children's Festival or Tet Trung Thu is a wonderful time to visit Vietnam. The festivities last for several days and there is singing and shouting. Children wear masks, parade happily in...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
Festivals |
Traditions |
For Kids
Other Contributions
| Shuttlecock |
| The Exotic Sounds of Ca Tru |
| Prayer Flags |
| Traditional Festivals of Vietnam |
| Woodblocks |
| Hanoi's Old Quarter: The 36 Streets |
