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A Fish Returning to Water: Learning Vietnamese

Think of the expressions we so often use to mean uncomfortable: "In over your head", "Out of your...

Vietnam Ben Bangs
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Recipe: Nuoc Cham - Hot Fish Sauce

Can be served with all types of entrées and soups. 4 medium size red chilies, seeds removed and ...

Vietnam Habeeb Salloum

Honeymooning in Vietnam

According to scholarly journals such as Brides, Modern Bride and Cosmo , a honeymoon should be fi...

Vietnam Robert Strauss
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A Hot Bowl of Pho

HO CHI MINH CITY, Jan 15, 2006 - Round the clock for over a century, millions of Vietnamese have ...

Vietnam AFP
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Traveling on Business

John Schwartz's job is to sell wine for Wente Bros., the oldest family-owned winery in California...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.
Poised and ready, about to hit the streets of Hanoi

The "Wheel" Force Of Vietnam

In the feature film The Deer Hunter, there was an American soldier portrayed by Christopher Walke...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber
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Buffalo-fighting, Do Son, Vietnam

Trained, loved, eaten: Vietnam's buffalo 'athletes'

Vietnam AFP/Ian Timberlake
Fu Luong Reserve

Vietnam travel: Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Phu Luong Nature Reserve (a new adventure tour in Vietnam)

Pu Luong proposed nature reserve is located in Quan Hoa and Ba Thuoc districts, in north-western ...

Vietnam Bobby King
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Remembrance.

Hue, May 2003. My wife and I are in the market. I buy a package of incense sticks. My wife asks w...

Vietnam James Murtaugh
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River of Tears!

Danang, Vietnam. A hot spring day. A walk along the river. Vietnamese people seem to love the wat...

Vietnam James Murtaugh
Pain and Grace: A Journey Through Vietnam, by Jim Gensheimer

Photojournalist Portrays Two Faces of Vietnam in "Pain and Grace: A Journey through Vietnam"

A one-legged war veteran crabbing his way across a Pleiku street. A quintet of young women sweepi...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Muddy Waters

Review of The River's Tale, a travelogue of a journey down the Mekong.

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon
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Demining experts turn to Internet to tackle Vietnam's deadly legacy

Decades of war have left one legacy in Vietnam that continues to kill and maim long after battlef...

Vietnam AFP/Ben Rowse
Ben Nghe...is a wholesale market. It's where boats from the Mekong Delta come to unload their produce for the markets around the city.

A Morning on the Banana Boat Canal

I thought I'd been everywhere, covered all the city's major attractions-the Ben Thanh Market (and...

Vietnam Tom Cockrem
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Early Travelers' Tales

If you're looking for a new perspective on Vietnam, old books are a good place to start. Indochin...

Vietnam Sarah Tilton
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Bike trip to Phat Diem Cathedral

It was a simple enough idea, if a little offbeat: A good friend who plied the "Xo Om" (motorcycle...

Vietnam Ben Bangs
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Mid-Autumn Children's Festival, Vietnam

Mid-Autumn Children's Festival or Tet Trung Thu is a wonderful time to visit Vietnam. The festivi...

Vietnam Bobby King
Bahn Mi

Recipe: Pork Meatball Banh Mi

In Vietnamese they're called banh mi, and the baguettes are used to make a variety of meat and ve...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

Recipe: Pho Bo - Beef Noodle Soup

Serves 6 This is one of the most popular dishes in all of Vietnam and in Vietnamese restaurants t...

Vietnam Habeeb Salloum
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Good Morning Vietnam

Hue, Vietnam, early morning. The city wakes up...

Vietnam James Murtaugh

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