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An old bus on the streets of Cholon, Vietnam.

From Crowded To Jam-Packed

Even by Vietnamese standards, this place is CROWDED. On either side of the high-rise An Ðông Co...

Vietnam Graham Simmons

Tran Van Duc (left) with fellow My lai massacre survivor Truong Thi Le.

My Lai massacre survivor speaks of his survival

Psychological scars from the Vietnam War still run deep. My Lai massacre survivor Tran Van Duc br...

Vietnam David Calleja

Film Review: The Scent of Green Papaya

Eating, sleeping, and staying clean...Life's most basic concerns. Yet they take on a transcendent...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

Tours of the Heart

A Veteran and his wife find Peace and Purpose in Vietnam

Back to Vietnam: Tours of the Heart is a memoir written in two voices. This literary duet sweeps ...

Vietnam R. Bruce Logan and Elaine Head

Vietnamese girl with conical hat

Southeast Asia’s Straw Hat

When visiting Southeast Asia, you may notice a distinctive type of headgear worn by farmers, shop...

Vietnam Exotissimo Travel

Beyond the Sorrow of War

A man volunteers to fight a war ostensibly to defend his country against foreign invasion. He aba...

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

Helicopter Tour

We had a fabulous trip to Vietnam & Cambodia

This Vietnamese owned & operated travel company gave us service rivaling any of the top flight US...

Vietnam / Cambodia Ha pham

Ca Tru Music

The Exotic Sounds of Ca Tru

Ca tru music sounds strange to the uninitiated. Clicks and clacks accompany the centuries old bal...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

Designer Dang Thi Minh Hanh checks one of her creations with a model at her studio in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Vietnamese Fashion

* * * HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug 1, 2005 - When Anh Thu, a tall woman with black-rimmed glasses, walks...

Vietnam AFP/N. Jayaram

Shopping for Silk in Hanoi

My first experience with Vietnamese silk was in 1990 on a visit to Hanoi. I had admired a friend'...

Vietnam Sarah Tilton

The house in Sadec, Vietnam, featured in Marguerite Duras' story "The Lover"

The House in Sadec

Home at centre of the steamy novel "The Lover" is now a Vietnam tourist site... [Sadec, Dong Thap...

Vietnam AFP/Aude Genet

Noon service at the Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam.

Saigon may well be an alluring city. But if you need a break - physically, mentally and spiritual...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

Things not to buy in Hue. Vietnamese forests are nearly void of wildlife due to the exotic pet trade and bushmeat trade.

Bargain Hunting in Vietnam’s Markets

Shopping can be tricky in Vietnam, where folks know how to drive a hard bargain. Follow these tip...

Vietnam Adam Bray

Inside Hanoi's White Horse Temple

White Horse Temple

Horse shoes are lucky charms in some countries. In Hanoi, a horse's hoof prints were once conside...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

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Xe Do to Sai Gon

It's late morning in Ha Noi, and I find myself at the southbound ben xe looking at a forty-eight ...

Vietnam Ben Bangs

Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard, Vietnam, Late 15th/Early 16th Century.

Hoi An Hoard Images

Back to Hoi An Hoard, Part One

Vietnam Kim Fay

Cat Ba - view of the main commercial harbor of Cat Ba Island

Cat Ba Island, Vietnam

29 March 2006, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam What's an endangered monkey worth? If it's a Golden-Maned L...

Vietnam Jeff Greenwald

An employee pushes handcarts in front of the first Metro Cash and Carry wholesale center in Hanoi. Germany's Metro Group plans to open eight wholesale centers in Vietnam.

Metro opens third Cash and Carry store in Vietnam in Asia roll-out

HANOI, July 31, 2003 - Germany's Metro Group, the world's fifth-largest trading company, opened i...

Vietnam AFP/Ben Rowse

The largest reclining Buddha in Vietnam is located atop Takou Mountain.

Escape to the Binh Thuan Desert

Sand dunes... cactus... cobras... sand storms... ancient matriarchal islamic cultures... does thi...

Vietnam Adam Bray

Typical Vietnam Handicrafts

Hanoi's Temple of Literature

The Temple of Literature is a significant landmark in Hanoi which can mean many things to differe...

Vietnam Simone Samuels

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