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Roads Taken...At Cinequest 2007

This year's Asian entries in the 17th annual San Jose Cinequest Film Festival all seem to focus o...

Vietnam / Indonesia / China Celeste Heiter

Café Lam

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

Vietnam Sarah Tilton

Planting

Rice is an integral part of life in Vietnam. The Vietnamese economy depends on agriculture and th...

Vietnam / Mekong River Lou Dematteis / Sarah Tilton

Recipients of a calf displaying their newest member of the family.

Over the Moon for Orange Cows: Easing the Plight of Vietnamese Farmers

For civilians in Quang Loi commune, any addition to their family that alleviates the hardships of...

Vietnam David Calleja

Hanoi Streets

Riding the wave of Hanoi's traffic is an adrenalin buzz like no other. This accounts my twice-wee...

Vietnam Simone Samuels

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Private Schools in Vietnam

In Vietnam, as in many countries across Asia, academic excellence is an obsession for parents, wh...

Vietnam AFP

Whale festival - Nha Trang Vietnam

The Festivals of Nha Trang, Vietnam

Festivals of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam...

Vietnam Allison Dinh

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Escape to Vung Tau

Vung Tau, once a quiet seaside resort known as Cap Saint Jacques, is changing. Formerly a getaway...

Vietnam Lou Dematteis / Sarah Tilton

Looking out from Khai Dinh Masoleum, Hue, Vietnam.

Along the Perfume River

The author visits the royal mausoleums of Hue, along the broad, aptly named Perfume River which m...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

A Lolita of the Far East

The setting is colonial Vietnam. A man of thirty-two falls in love with a girl of fifteen-and-a-h...

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

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Good Morning, Sickness!

Ever been pregnant abroad? Ever wanted to be?

Vietnam Robert Cambridge

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The Tube Houses of Hanoi's Old Quarter

Hanoi's 'tube' dwellers vow to stay in ancient quarter...

Vietnam AFP/Ian Timberlake

Taking a break from the long drive. A French road marker (found all along Highway One) alongside the road to Danang.

Driving Highway One: Danang

Return to Driving Highway One by Lisa Spivey

Vietnam Lisa Spivey

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The Vietnamese Cinderella story of Tam and Cam has distinctive elements of Vietnamese local color...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

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Tam Dao Hill Station

Our guidebook said the Vietnamese regard Tam Dao Hill Station, eighty-five kilometers northwest o...

Vietnam Robert Strauss

Cyclos in Hanoi, Vietnam

Cyclo around Hanoi

If you visit Hanoi, you definitely should go on a cyclo ride or three...

Vietnam Liger Travel

Full Metal Jacket (1987) Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

The Vietnam War on Film

* * * * * Apocalypse Now Redux (1979/2001), 197 min Directed by Francis Ford Coppola With Martin ...

Vietnam ThingsAsian

Along with the graceful silk ao dai, the non has become a sort of informal Vietnamese national symbol recognized worldwide.

The Non: National Headgear and Symbol of Vietnam

In my travels I've noticed that every country has its own national headgear. The United States ha...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Vietnamese hot pot

Vietnamese Hot Pot

What is the Vietnamese Lau (hot pot)

Vietnam Cleo Nguyen

Women in a Dalat field wearing a conical hat

Conical Hats- A Photo Essay

The conical hat is synonymous with Vietnam. It is worn by workers everywhere- on the streets, in ...

Vietnam Simone Samuels

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