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Lost and Found in My Duc

Like a life-size replica of Ho Chi Minh, the old bearded gentleman tips his beret, then speaks in...

Vietnam Graham Simmons

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Hanoi's feather-boa bicycles

A fashion craze is taking over in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, with youths turning their bicycles i...

Vietnam AFP/Frank Zeller

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The Making of: A Passage to Vietnam

The logistics of organizing seventy photographers in a country that strictly regulates traveling ...

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A story told with photos.

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From Both Sides Now

I am not sure if the Vietnamese people see me more as an American than a Vietnamese. When I was p...

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A Guide to the Guidebooks

A trip to Vietnam requires all sorts of preparation from visas to airline tickets. One of the mos...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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A Passport-sized Value: Lonely Planet's Vietnamese Phrasebook

One of the truisms of travel is that no matter how many languages you speak, eventually you'll en...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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Ho Chi Minh in Ba Dinh Square

At first, the imposing sight of Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum seems to be only a dark and forebodin...

Vietnam Michael McKittrick

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French Colonial Ship Raised in Vietnam

HANOI, March 9, 2006 - A Vietnamese company has raised a small French military vessel sunk during...

Vietnam AFP

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Your Gateway to the City: Sketches for a Portrait of Hanoi

Rarely have I encountered a book cover as symbolic as the one adorning Sketches for a Portrait of...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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Lonely Planet's Travel Atlas Series

Travelers love maps, and I am no exception. For obvious reasons, travelers also need maps and ten...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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Vietnam on the Web

Our selection of links to web sites on Vietnam...

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A Book as Green as Its Cover: Environment and Bioresources of Vietnam by Dr. Cao Van Sung

In rapidly modernizing Southeast Asia it sometimes seems that all the environmental news I hear i...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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New Guidebooks to Vietnam

When you board your flight to Vietnam, you ought to consider bringing along two kinds of guideboo...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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A Pilgrimage to Phat Diem

Dedicated to men of letters, Hanoi's Ngoc Son Temple is among my favorite places to visit in ...

Vietnam Michael McKittrick

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Hanoi, 2002. I have so little time in Hanoi on this trip. It is getting dark out and I have only ...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

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Postcard salesman

Turtle Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam. This lake has a small park like setting around it. The flowering tre...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

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If you have your passport (not within six months of expiration), Vietnam visa, money and prescrip...

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