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Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past. By Patricia M. Pelley.

Postcolonial Vietnam: How North Vietnamese Historians Literally Made History

Steven K. Bailey reviews: Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past, by Patricia M...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

La Residence Hotel & Spa - once the residence of French Governor of Central Vietnam

A Tour of Stately Opulence

Where to stay when in Hue...

Vietnam Philip Spencer Drury

The buying and selling never stops at a floating market in Can Tho.

Life on the Mekong

The Mekong. You could spend a lifetime exploring it. One of the world's great rivers, the source ...

Vietnam / Mekong River Lou Dematteis / Sarah Tilton

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Driving Highway One

So often we find travelers only fly to the major cities in Vietnam. We were the same way on our f...

Vietnam Lisa Spivey / Albert Wen

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Portrait of an Anti-hero

Review of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato , Broadway Books, 1999.

Vietnam / Myanmar / Laos Kenneth Champeon

Sunrise in Qui Nhon. Vietnam's long coastline offers many spectacular sunrises.

Driving Highway One: Qui Nhon

Return to Driving Highway One by Lisa Spivey

Vietnam Lisa Spivey

La Residence, Hue, Vietnam. Photo courtesy of La Residence and Spa, used with permission.

Louise Serfontein, Chef Extraordinaire

“What I like about Asian cuisine is that it is fresh and has good flavour without the kilojoule...

Vietnam Robert Tompkins

Maintaining life on the river

Hoi An Interlude

Day One Wind rushes through the open windows of our taxi. It smells of freshly turned earth and t...

Vietnam Kim Fay

Off the Beaten Path - Minorities in Asia.

Black & white environmental portraits from Cambodia, Vietnam and China by New York photographer M...

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A traditional Bahnar house in Kon Tum.

Amongst the Bahnars in Kon Tum

In Kon Tum, Vietnam, the Catholic Church plays a vital role in looking after the welfare of Vietn...

Vietnam David Calleja

Durians at the Krabi night market in Thailand

Learning from Durian

Developing a taste for this Asian delicacy brings to mind philosophies to more fully appreciate y...

Vietnam / Thailand Adam Bray

Flags are hoisted to signal the start of the show - springing up from beneath the water's surface; they somehow emerge completely dry.

Water Puppet Performance: The Program

A water pond framed by a gold filigreed pagoda is visible as the audience enters the space, as is...

Vietnam Lisa Spivey/Albert Wen

Incense sticks, Hué

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

Vietnam Philip Game

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A Long and Flavorful History

With its long expanse of borders, Vietnam has historically been vulnerable to waves of countries ...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

Recipe: Cha Gio or Nem Ran - Spring Rolls of Meat and Vegetables

Makes 30 rolls 3 tablespoons Nuoc Cham 3 tablespoons water 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 1 tablespoon sesa...

Vietnam Habeeb Salloum

Perfume River

Perfume Pagoda in the Rain

Vietnamese people say the rain brings good luck. I enjoyed an excellent day trip to the Perfume ...

Vietnam victor wong

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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

This could be your office.

The Challenges of Being a Writer in Vietnam

Living in a developing country, let alone a communist country, presents a unique set of challenge...

Vietnam Adam Bray

Club De L'Oriental Hanoi (Former Emperior Restaurant)

Luxury Travel Advisors Recommend You Club De L'Oriental

After the closure of the once well-known Emperor restaurant, the owner now sets up the new restau...

Vietnam Ha pham

Dalat Flower Festival

Six months before the Da Lat Flower Festival, Lam Dong Province held a press briefing in Hanoi an...

Vietnam Bobby King

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