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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

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

Woman and Buffalo

Truong Dinh Hao

Hao was born in Hanoi in 1937 and currently lives and works in the province of Ha Bac in the nort...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

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Reform and Tradition in Early Vietnamese Popular Song

Among young, urban Vietnamese of the 1930s, the clarion call was for reform and renovatio...

Vietnam Jason Gibbs

A Day in the Life of Hang Bo Street

It could be any back street in Hanoi: graciously shaded, bustling with cycles and motorbikes, and...

Vietnam Graham Simmons

Putting My Feet Up in Hanoi

After a hard day in Hanoi I like nothing better than sitting back and putting my feet up. I do th...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Recipe: Cha Ca - Fish and Noodles

Serves 4 1/2 pound thin noodles 2 tablespoons Nuoc Mam 1/2 teaspoons turmeric 2 teaspoon ground g...

Vietnam Habeeb Salloum

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The Giant and the Pissant: A Fairy Tale

Review of Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History, Penguin Books, 1997.

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

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Traditional Festivals of Vietnam

The first month of Tet is for family and festivities The second month is for gambling The third m...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

Artist Tran Tuyet-Mai

Tran Tuyet-Mai must be one of the most self-effacing artists in Hanoi. While many cannot stop boa...

Vietnam Qui Duc Nguyen

At forty, Le Thanh Minh is already an accomplished painter. After three years of training at the ...

Vietnam Qui Duc Nguyen

Scene from Hanoi's Paper Street, where paper versions of all modern conveniences are available to send on to the next life.

Hang Ma is different from most of the other streets in Hanoi's Old Quarter. Among the thirty-six ...

Vietnam Sarah Tilton

Le Quang Ha Born in Hanoi, 1963 1986-1989 Student at Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts College 1989-1992...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

Front gate of the Friendship Village

War Not Over for Children of Agent Orange

Brainchild of American vet George Minzo, the Vietnam Friendship Village Project outside Hanoi off...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Braised fish sautéed with fresh herbs at the Cha Ca La Vong Restaurant, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Fishy Business In Chucker Street

The author ventures into the 135 year old Cha Ca La Vong Restaurant, in Hanoi's Cha Ca Street, fi...

Vietnam Graham Simmons

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The Vietnamese have developed the art of mimicry into a shrewd marketing plan. Shrewd, and blatan...

Vietnam Helen Conway

Restaurant Pane e Vino Brings a Taste of Italy to Hanoi

Once a war-ravaged culinary wasteland, northern Vietnam is fast becoming a gourmet paradise. This...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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The Meaning of Tet

* * * * * Send a "Chuc Mung Nam Moi" card * * * * * Tet is New Year's Day in Vietnam. It falls so...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

The Metropole: Hanoi's Living History Museum

Queen Noor of Jordan, former U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali and Don Johnson of Miam...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Phat Diem: western entrance to cathedral

Two Days in Ha Nam Ninh Province

The British writer Graham Greene witnessed a battle from the bell tower of Phat Diem Cathedral. T...

Vietnam Leslie Nevison

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