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Nhac Tien Chien: The Origins of Vietnamese Popular Song

By the 19th century Vietnam found itself forcibly and irrevocably confronted with the Weste...

Vietnam Jason Gibbs

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), written and directed by Tran Anh Hung

On Being Green and Vietnamese

Review of The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), written and directed by Tran Anh Hung

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

Cu Lao Cham beach

The Cu Lao Cham Islands

Discover the island off the coast of Hoi An, Vietnam...

Vietnam Ha pham

The wedding procession to the bride's house. Vietnamese weddings are far more participatory than traditional western weddings.

Wedding in the Countryside

It's 7:30 in the morning and my friend, Huong, and I are slumped in the back seat of a taxi on ou...

Vietnam Kim Fay

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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

We enter the cave. Perceptions of space are turned upside-down. Our voices echo off rocks we can't see, light bounces from unexpected places.

Trang An Caves - Photo-Essay

Exploring the Trang An caves. A photo essay.

Vietnam Elizabeth Briel

Front entrance to the Dalat Palace with 1953 Citroen.

At the Dalat Palace guests become part of a comfortable illusion; they are characters in a drama ...

Vietnam Robert Tompkins

Kill Me If You Can, You SOB by Bob Miller

Book Review: Kill Me If You Can, You SOB

Author Bob Miller give a candid account of an "ordinary soldier" serving in the 192nd Assault Hel...

Vietnam Adam Bray

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

Hoa Lu’s rare goat meat

Specialties In Ninh Binh, Vietnam

On your visit to Vietnam, Vietnamese traditional food is one thing that you should try. Ninh Binh...

Vietnam Allison Dinh

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Xe Do to Sai Gon

It's late morning in Ha Noi, and I find myself at the southbound ben xe looking at a forty-eight ...

Vietnam Ben Bangs

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

Edward Lansdale: The Unquiet American. By Cecil B. Currey.

Colonel Cassandra

Review of the biography of Edward Lansdale, model of The Ugly American and The Quiet American.

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

Smiling Ji, H'mong Girl

Sapa, in Vietnam's North, is home to several hilltribes people who still sell their traditional h...

Vietnam Simone Samuels

Café Lam

It was by accident that Nguyen Van Lam became an art collector. Books were his hobby. And when he...

Vietnam Sarah Tilton

The Road to Ca Na Beach

Ca Na Beach & Vinh Hao

At Vinh Hao and Ca Na the rocky mountains tumble into the sea in one of the most rugged landscape...

Vietnam Adam Bray

Over the Moat: An Interview with James Sullivan

I had come here on a bike trip, and that was over now, but as one of the lights went out in the h...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

The author grins with satisfaction after seeing his first Cat Ba Langur.

Valley of the Langurs

* * * CAT BA ISLAND, VIETNAM - "There are no guarantees," says Rosie. "That you will see even one...

Vietnam Jeff Greenwald

La Residence. Front view of the hotel (courtesy of La Residence and Spa)

By the Perfume River

After languishing for more than a quarter of a century as a tumble-down government-run hotel, the...

Vietnam Robert Tompkins

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...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

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