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Indigo batik on cotton. This intricate design has been recycled - once used in a skirt, it's now used as straps on a baby-carrier that has been used for a half-dozen children.

Indigo, Hemp & Batik (photo-essay)

Many travelers are captivated by the unique traditional fabrics in the hilltribe regions of SE As...

Vietnam Elizabeth Briel

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Reform and Tradition in Early Vietnamese Popular Song

Among young, urban Vietnamese of the 1930s, the clarion call was for reform and renovatio...

Vietnam Jason Gibbs

Infinity pools at the Nam Hai

China Beach Sybaris

There are no backpackers here. The Nam Hai Spa and Resort caters to a different demographic...

Vietnam Doris and Robert Tompkins

Hoa Sua restaurant. Outside on the patio.

Hoa Sua - food for thought

The familiar smell wafts across and hits me straight away: freshly baked pastries and bread. I wa...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

A Day in the Life of Hang Bo Street

It could be any back street in Hanoi: graciously shaded, bustling with cycles and motorbikes, and...

Vietnam Graham Simmons

Putting My Feet Up in Hanoi

After a hard day in Hanoi I like nothing better than sitting back and putting my feet up. I do th...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Newly painted entrance to one of the family association buildings in Hoi An

A New Guide to an Old Treasure: Ancient Town of Hoi An

The Traditional Village in Vietnam will provide you with an excellent overview of village life in...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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SEA-worthy: Some Recent Southeast Asian Literature

When one thinks of famous Southeast Asian writers, one thinks of...nobody. Nada. Not exactly true...

Vietnam / Myanmar / Cambodia Kenneth Champeon

Recipe: Cha Ca - Fish and Noodles

Serves 4 1/2 pound thin noodles 2 tablespoons Nuoc Mam 1/2 teaspoons turmeric 2 teaspoon ground g...

Vietnam Habeeb Salloum

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The Giant and the Pissant: A Fairy Tale

Review of Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History, Penguin Books, 1997.

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

Halong Bay activities

Far and away - Halong bay impression

Determined to find her own private paradise Duc Hanh takes a cycling and kayaking tour to the far...

Vietnam Bobby King

pumpkin leaves in the market of Hanoi

A Feast of Vietnamese Cuisine in Hanoi

Wondering how it feels like eating among motorbikes? Or in a fancy restaurant that the show is b...

Vietnam victor wong

Hang Nga Tree House

Spider Web, Tree House, Hotel

So the bed cover is blood red. Or shocking pink, adorned with bright yellow and aqua phoenixes. A...

Vietnam Qui Duc Nguyen

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Evolution of a Mid-Autumn Festival Float

See the 5-day progression of a lantern float built for Phan Thiet City's celebration of the Mid-A...

Vietnam Adam Bray

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Hoi An Hoard, Part Three - The Theories

When 244,000 pieces of porcelain were finally excavated from a shipwreck off the Hoi An coast of ...

Vietnam Kim Fay

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Vietnam's minority Chams cling to Muslim faith

This small community in an area known as District 8 ... is the largest enclave of Cham Muslims in...

Vietnam Agence-France Presse AFP

A roadside bookstand

The Write Stuff: Bookstores of Saigon

Everyone who's anyone, or at least every foreigner who reads in Saigon, has been talking about it...

Vietnam Kim Fay

Approaching the watchtower, Tra Su Forest Reserve

Six-fifty in the morning, the coach reverses over a prostrate rat outside Saigon's smart Caravell...

Vietnam Philip Game

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Vung Tau and Con Lon

Review of The Province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau: A Guidebook to Saigon's Beach Resort If you spend any ...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future, by Milton Osborne

Une Monomanie du Mekong

Review of Milton Osborne's "The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future"

Vietnam / Cambodia / Laos Kenneth Champeon

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