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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

Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake, Tortoise Tower in summertime

On the banks of Hoan Kiem Lake

It is 5.30am in the morning in downtown Hanoi. Bleary-eyed, I am standing on the banks of the Cit...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

Vo Thi Van Anh has been a Thang Long Theatre member since 1990; graduated from College of Music, Hanoi; plays dan tranh (16-string zither) and dan bau.

Water Puppet Performance: The Music

The orchestra, an ensemble of eight musicians, sit to the left of the stage. They play traditiona...

Vietnam Lisa Spivey/Albert Wen

Hmong-Inspired Baby Bok Choy Stir- Fry

Recipe: Hmong-Inspired Baby Bok Choy Stir-Fry

This dish is inspired by a favorite of the Hmong people native to the highlands of Southeast Asia...

Vietnam / Laos / Thailand Celeste Heiter

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Shipwrecks Off the Coast of Vietnam

1617 - Nuestra Senora De Loreto A Spanish galleon lost off the coast of northern Vietnam, in the ...

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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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The Struggle for Independence and National Identity: Nguyen Khac Vien's Vietnam: A Long History

Many fine books have been written about the history of Vietnam. In terms of American authors, man...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Milepost on Lao Cai to Sapa road.

Changing Views in Sapa

The author wakes up to his first snow in Vietnam, while on a visit to Sapa.

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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Lessons Unlearned: Gabriel Kolko's Anatomy of a War

Review of Kolko, Gabriel. Anatomy of a war : Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historica...

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

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

Recipe: Ga Xao Xa Ot - Chicken with Lemon Grass

Serves from 4 to 6 4 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 medium onions, thinly sliced 4 cloves garlic, th...

Vietnam Habeeb Salloum

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Vietnam's Education An Expatriate Teacher's Primer

Expatriate teaching has a long tradition in Asia. Americans, Canadians, Britons and Australians c...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

The communal hall of a village in Kon Tum.

A Bridge Too Far

Kon Tum is a well-kept secret lying in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. This amiable town is sur...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

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Last year, as I planned my second trip back to Vietnam, a question bothered me. How can I find a ...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

A Brush with the Famous - Art in Vietnam

The smirking canvas of the Mona Lisa rides pillion on Tran Minh Tam's motorcycle, as he roars thr...

Vietnam Susan Storm

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Vietnam's Many Names

Culture Briefing: Vietnam is one of those jewels that you only run into by chance and then wonder...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

The highways is full of trucks and buses now

Backpackers and Lì Xì

Backpackers have been a phenomenon in Asia at least since the Beatles went to India.

Vietnam Malcolm Arthur

In Search of a Hmong King: The People

Return to Article: In Search of a Hmong King

Vietnam Leslie Nevison

A portrait of the artist, Do Huan, by his son

A Vietnamese Photographer

Do Huan started taking photographs in 1936 when his father gave him a camera for his birthday. Wh...

Vietnam Sarah Tilton

The Thu Bon River at Hoi An.

Driving Highway One: Hoi An

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Vietnam Lisa Spivey

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