Explore Hoi An Through the Eyes of Travelers

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Hoi An Hoard, Part One - The Excavation

During the 15th century, off the Hoi An coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea, a trading vessel...

Vietnam Kim Fay

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

Hoi An Hoard Images

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Vietnam Kim Fay

Raise the Red Lantern

It was by the light of the full moon and thousands of silk lanterns that I first saw Hoi An, one ...

Vietnam Susan Storm

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Hoi An Hoard, Part Two - The Collection

When divers finally finished their job of excavating a fifteenth-century shipwreck off the Hoi An...

Vietnam Kim Fay

Newly painted entrance to one of the family association buildings in Hoi An

A New Guide to an Old Treasure: Ancient Town of Hoi An

The Traditional Village in Vietnam will provide you with an excellent overview of village life in...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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Hoi An Hoard, Part Three - The Theories

When 244,000 pieces of porcelain were finally excavated from a shipwreck off the Hoi An coast of ...

Vietnam Kim Fay

Hoi An's Tam-Tam Café

With characteristic entrepreneurial spirit, the residents of Hoi An are taking the foreign touris...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Maintaining life on the river

Hoi An Interlude

Day One Wind rushes through the open windows of our taxi. It smells of freshly turned earth and t...

Vietnam Kim Fay

Japanese Bridge - Hoi An

The Almost Forgotten City of Hoi An, Vietnam

Hoi An, Vietnam, is a beautiful small city that retains a lot of its past with preserved European...

Vietnam Exotissimo

The Thu Bon River at Hoi An.

Driving Highway One: Hoi An

Return to Driving Highway One by Lisa Spivey

Vietnam Lisa Spivey

Danish backpackers on silk-clothing shopping spree in Hoi An

Backpacker Trail

One morning in Nha Trang I fell into conversation with a young Italian traveler named Alessandro....

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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Hoi An,2005. Hoi An is a World Cultural Heritage site. Long ago, Hoi An was a major trading post ...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

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Finding Treasure in Hoi An

Hoi An, 2005. My wife and I like to walk around and explore wherever we go in Vietnam. On this da...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

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