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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

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

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

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Van Mieu: The Temple of Literature

Located in the Dong Da section of Hanoi, Van Mieu, or the Temple of Literature, is the oldest sch...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

Vietnam: Shop til you drop

Vietnam has always trailed far behind the Singapore and Hong Kong shopping scenes. But the times ...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

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The Oldest Embroidery Shop in Hanoi

Ask any Hanoi taxi or pedi-cap driver about the Tan My embroidery shop and he will likely claim t...

Vietnam Qui Duc Nguyen

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

A game of shuttlecock requires little special equipment. A birdie and a ready foot are all that i...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

Bananas!

Fruit Trees in Vietnam

According to my friends, one of the oddest things about me is the fact I'm allergic to fruit. Ban...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Hanoi Streets

Riding the wave of Hanoi's traffic is an adrenalin buzz like no other. This accounts my twice-wee...

Vietnam Simone Samuels

A woodblock.

Traditional Tet Paintings - Dong Ho Prints

You may have seen them before. They adorn the walls of Vietnamese restaurants everywhere in the w...

Vietnam Lisa Spivey

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The Meaning of the 36 Streets

Hanoi's Old Quarter is made up of streets named for their trades or products sold. Here's a list ...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

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How the Tiger Got his Stripes

This story took place in prehistoric times, when animals still had the power of speech. A young f...

Vietnam Unknown Author

Basket lady carrying her mobile tea stand

A Photo Essay: An Afternoon in the Alley

A little snapshot into the action in the Ngo (alley) outside my house. These were all taken from ...

Vietnam Simone Samuels

Artists Mai Hien and Anh Khanh, husband and wife

Bui Mai Hien and Dao Anh Khanh

Anh Khanh , born 1959, Vietnam Graduated from the Industrial Arts College, Hanoi, Vietnam. Member...

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The Tube Houses of Hanoi's Old Quarter

Hanoi's 'tube' dwellers vow to stay in ancient quarter...

Vietnam AFP/Ian Timberlake

Along with the graceful silk ao dai, the non has become a sort of informal Vietnamese national symbol recognized worldwide.

The Non: National Headgear and Symbol of Vietnam

In my travels I've noticed that every country has its own national headgear. The United States ha...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Echoes of the Air War Fading Over Hanoi

Thirty years after the last B-52 dropped its bombs on Hanoi, I found few reminders of the America...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Full Metal Jacket (1987) Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

The Vietnam War on Film

* * * * * Apocalypse Now Redux (1979/2001), 197 min Directed by Francis Ford Coppola With Martin ...

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The Vietnamese Cinderella story of Tam and Cam has distinctive elements of Vietnamese local color...

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