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Stories about Culture in Hue

Dining with a Conscience in Southeast Asia

Order of the Day

Natnapha Thanatharakit - the_orient [430]

In Cambodia, Thailand or Vietnam, try these restaurants which are dishing up opportunities for the local community with their socially responsible policies and vocational training programs, as well as good food...

Destinations: Halong Bay | Hue | Hanoi | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Hoi An
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Women & Travel | Traditions | Culture | Food | People

Over the Moat: An Interview with James Sullivan

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911]

I had come here on a bike trip, and that was over now, but as one of the lights went out in the house nearby and the train bucked again, I had a feeling that my journey had only just begun. -James...

Destinations: Hue | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Literature | 20th Century History
Incense sticks, Hué

Hué To Go

Philip Game - pgame [2,545]

The ghosts of emperors, concubines and eunuchs still people the imperial tombs of Vietnam's cultural capital of Hué. Tu Duc had everything - and nothing. The nineteenth century Vietnamese emperor was...

Destinations: Hue | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Travel | People | Literature | Architecture

Young Vietnamese Painters: Le Duc Hai and Le Ngoc Thanh

John Irvin - jirvin [299]

From an article originally written for John's Life in Thailand. Reprinted with permission of the author. Their faces have many eyes that look out at the viewer. Their mouths are full of teeth, but...

Destinations: Hue | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | People | Art
Under the gate to Hue's Imperial City

Colors of Hué

Graham Simmons - gsimmons [5,355]

"Where are you heading?" I asked a couple of backpackers in Hanoi. "We're off to see Hugh", they replied. "Hugh? Hugh who?" "You know, 'Hugh', the old imperial capital of Vietnam", they insisted.

Destinations: Hue | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Travel | Architecture
The obstacle stone of An Cuu.

The Mysterious Stones of Old Hue

Steven Boswell - sboswell [115]

Look carefully around Hue and you will frequently see thin, scarlet rods, the remains of burned out incense sticks. They are particularly numerous on the grounds of the central hospital--remembrances...

Destinations: Hue | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Travel | Religion | 20th Century History | Nature | Traditions | Ancient History
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