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Le Ly Hayslip

From Earth To Hell To A Slice of Heaven

When I first saw Oliver Stone's film Heaven & Earth , I thought: Well, it's about time somebody m...

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

Town in Fog - Sapa, Vietnam

Sapa Vietnam - The Fanciful Town In Fog

Sapa Vietnam is about 350 km north-west of Hanoi. It is famous for its fine & rugged scenery as w...

Vietnam Allison Dinh

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Water Puppet Performance

Many readers and travelers may have already seen a performance or heard about it. We have chosen ...

Vietnam Lisa Spivey

Po Nagar Tower - Nha Trang Vietnam

The Po Nagar Tower complex in Nha Trang Vietnam

The Cham Po Nagar Tower (Tháp Bà) of Nha Trang

Vietnam Allison Dinh

Robert and Nina Strauss

Changing Fortunes

What a difference a year makes. In the summer of 1994, my wife Nina and I were able to tour Vietn...

Vietnam Robert Strauss

Incense sticks, Hué

The ghosts of emperors, concubines and eunuchs still people the imperial tombs of Vietnam's cultu...

Vietnam Philip Game

Michelle Bates makes brooms

Global Volunteers

Linda Schlapp's idea of a holiday used to be a trip to Europe and a couple of weeks at a nice hot...

Vietnam Sarah Tilton

Dana Sachs

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: An Interview with Dana Sachs

Whether it's a foreigners' boarding house on a bustling Hanoi boulevard, or a quaint Victorian on...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

Fifty Years of Painting and Sculpture on Armed Forces and Revolutionary Wars

In 1994, the People's Army of Vietnam (VPA) marked the 50th anniversary of its creation on Decemb...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Day or night, Ho Chi Minh City is full of life. The swimming pool at the New World Hotel looks down on the swarm of bicyclists.

Driving Highway One: Ho Chi Minh City

Return to Driving Highway One by Lisa Spivey

Vietnam Lisa Spivey

Mama cooks our dinner on an open fire in Pac Ngoi, Ba Be National Park, Vietnam

Off the Beaten Track

One of the benefits of spending time annually in Vietnam is that we can get off the beaten touris...

Vietnam Elaine Head

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Cholon, en langue annamite, cela signifie "Grand Marché". Et c'est bien vrai: Cholon n'est qu'un...

Vietnam André Surmer

The puppeteers line up in front of the screen at the end of the performance.

Water Puppet Performance: The Cast

The puppets in a water puppet show are carved out of fig wood. They are nearly three feet tall an...

Vietnam Lisa Spivey/Albert Wen

The Road Less Travelled

The driver of our longtail boat cut the engine, pointed at our backpacks and then at the building...

Vietnam / Cambodia Danyael Halprin

Kayak Halong Bay

Kayak Halong Bay tours: The World’s Nature Heritage of Vietnam

Ha Long Bay (also "Halong Bay") is in northern Vietnam, 170 km east of Hanoi. The bay is famous f...

Vietnam Bobby King

Yprong Eban, the 'elephant man',

Vietnam's Greatest Living Elephant Hunter

Buon Don, Vietnam - They call him the "elephant man", but it has nothing to do with his powerful,...

Vietnam AFP/Ben Rowse

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A Slice of Southeast Asia in Southern California

Some Lowdown On The Highlights of Little Saigon Do you need to board a plane to visit the Far Eas...

Vietnam Ben Bangs

Recipes & Photos for 'Indochine' Vietnamese Dinner

Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce 1/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup nuoc mam (nam pla) Asian fish sauce 1 cu...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

An Artist and Her Work: Dinh Y Nhi

Nguyen Qui Duc visits with Hanoi artist Dinh Y Nhi There is in Dinh Y Nhi's paintings a sense of ...

Vietnam Qui Duc Nguyen

Halong Bay Cruises

Cruise on Halong Bay, Vietnam

When it comes to weekend getaways, you just can't beat flopping around on the deck of a junk in H...

Vietnam Bobby King

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