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Raw golden silk in Vietnam, waiting to be spun.

I travel to drink in the world through all my senses. When I saw this rough golden silk in Hanoi ...

Vietnam Elizabeth Briel

A game of shuttlecock requires little special equipment. A birdie and a ready foot are all that i...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

Pagong's exclusive kimono silk shirt with vintage flower design

Silk Buying in Asia

Buying silk in Kyoto, Yogyakarta, Kuching, Chiang Mai and Hanoi is fun.

Vietnam / Indonesia / Malaysia victor wong

Antonio Graceffo (left) learns the Khmer martial art of Bokator under the watchful eyes of Master San Kim Saen in Phnom Penh.

Learning History and Culture Through Martial Arts

David Calleja talks with Antonio Graceffo, host of Martial Arts Odyssey, and leading Filipino kun...

Vietnam / Myanmar / Cambodia David Calleja

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The Meaning of the 36 Streets

Hanoi's Old Quarter is made up of streets named for their trades or products sold. Here's a list ...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

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The Oldest Embroidery Shop in Hanoi

Ask any Hanoi taxi or pedi-cap driver about the Tan My embroidery shop and he will likely claim t...

Vietnam Qui Duc Nguyen

Cyclo

Film Review: Cyclo

The dark underbelly of Ho Chi Minh City is the setting for this enigmatic drama by writer/directo...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

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Van Mieu: The Temple of Literature

Located in the Dong Da section of Hanoi, Van Mieu, or the Temple of Literature, is the oldest sch...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

Cholon - China Town

Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown is not an ideal place to visit if you have a hangover, or in the sea...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

Film Review: Indochine

Catherine Deneuve, in perhaps the defining role of her career, stars in Indochine, one of the bes...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

Kangaroo Café Hops Out to Halong Bay

Hanoi's popular Kangaroo Café has something new on the menu that's even bigger than its hefty ha...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

The limestone ridges of Cat Ba rise dramatically from the sea.

Escape to Cat Ba Island

My wife and I set out for Cat Ba very early on a July morning trying to get out of Hanoi before t...

Vietnam Robert Strauss

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Vietnam embraces spa culture

Vietnam offers a wide selection of resort and day spas. Here is a list.

Vietnam Pham Ha

Women laborers at the saltworks around Cam Ranh Bay.

Green Dragon Country

Home of the unique green dragon fruit, southern central Vietnam is a warm, sunny land sandwiched ...

Vietnam Philip Game

White-handed gibbons [seen here in an Australian zoo] distinguish themselves by swinging from branch to branch rather than jumping like the langurs.

Land Of The Langur

Despite the ravages of war, Vietnam's rainforest national parks still harbor almost-extinct prima...

Vietnam Philip Game

Ba Be lake, Tay minority village.

North Vietnam, markets and minority people.

I just want to let the pictures tell the story.

Vietnam Linda De Volder

Vietnam: Shop til you drop

Vietnam has always trailed far behind the Singapore and Hong Kong shopping scenes. But the times ...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

The writer with the good doctor & son.

A visit with the Famous Doctor Ho

Doctor Ho is the most written about Chinese doctor in all the world. He is the most talked about...

Vietnam / Myanmar / Cambodia Joshua Samuel Brown

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How the Tiger Got his Stripes

This story took place in prehistoric times, when animals still had the power of speech. A young f...

Vietnam Unknown Author

Bananas!

Fruit Trees in Vietnam

According to my friends, one of the oddest things about me is the fact I'm allergic to fruit. Ban...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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