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Disability. A Vietnam Story.

Danang, Jan.2002. Vietnam has become a nation of salesmen of all kinds. Sometimes a person will t...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

A peaceful island in the middle of Quan So Lake, My Duc.

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

Frances Fitzgerald's Fire in the Lake

Apocalypse Now and Again

Review of Frances Fitzgerald's "Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam", B...

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

Bahn Mi

Recipe: Pork Meatball Banh Mi

In Vietnamese they're called banh mi, and the baguettes are used to make a variety of meat and ve...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

Sapa Adventure

A Guide to Hiking and Trekking

Hiking and trekking - tips and tricks from a professional.

Vietnam Bobby King

Four Years Later

Four Years Later

I was in Khanh Hoa this summer after four years.The changes are pretty impressive in that time. T...

Vietnam Malcolm Arthur

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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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War is Hell. Still.

A review of Denise Chong's The Girl in the Picture, about Vietnam war casualty Kim Phuc.

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

A trained masseurs giving an oil massage at a "ghat" (platform constructed on the river bank) in Varanasi. These masseurs ply their trade at "ghats" in religious places, where people throng to worship in the river, a custom that has been prevalent for centuries. These masseurs, it is believed, can cure all kinds of aches, pains and minor ailments.

Photo of the Day Archive for September 2005

Photo of the Day Archive for September 2005

Vietnam Albert Wen

A story told with photos.

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

Pho

A good bowl of Pho starts with good beef stock.

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

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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...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

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Motorbike races, Vietnam style

Should you be walking around the streets of Vietnam's major cities late at night, don't be surpri...

Vietnam AFP/Le Thang Long

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Vietnam adventure travel: Pu Luong Nature Reserve

Pu Luong proposed nature reserve is located in Quan Hoa and Ba Thuoc districts, in north-western ...

Vietnam Bobby King

The Dau Pagoda, in Thuan Thanh, Ha Bac province, Vietnam, is situated along the river Dau. The market outside the pagoda is especially busy on festival days.

Photo of the Day Archive for July 2004

Photo of the Day Archive for July 2004

Vietnam Albert Wen

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The Water Buffalo!

Like the Vietnamese hat worn in the countryside the Water Buffalo is a symbol of Vietnam. He plow...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

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Postcards and Stamps!

Ho Chi Minh City. My first day back in Vietnam after more than thirty years. A bus takes us to ou...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

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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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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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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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