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Hanoi

Truc Bach Lake

 

Vietnamese soldier in formal uniform

 

Ceromonial guard at Ho Chi Minh mausoleum

 

Ho Chi Minh mausoleum

 

Vietnamese Flag

 

President's Palace

 

Ho Chi Minh mausoleum

 

Ho Chi Minh's house

 

Ho Chi Minh's house

 

Ho Chi Minh's house

 

Ho Chi Minh's house

 

Ho Chi Minh's house

 

One Pillar Pagoda

 

Sunbeam bridge

 

Ha Long Bay

Tourist boats in the bay

 

Lady rowing a boat

 

Lady rowing a boat

 

Trying for a sale

 

Tourist boat

 

Local work boat

 

Dragon head

 

Local transport

 

Limestone stacks

 

Limestone stacks

 

Limestone stacks

 

Limestone stacks

 

Tourist boat

 

Tourist boat

 

Will you buy local produce

 

Will you buy local produce

 

Will you buy local produce

 

Fisherman

 

Fisherman

 

Floating village

 

Children are good salespeople

 

Children are good salespeople

 

Children are good salespeople

 

Children are good salespeople

 

Local fish

 

Dragon head

 

Sailing sampan

 

Local transport

 

Dragon head

 

Sailing sampan

 

Local transport

 

Tourist boats

 

Local residences

 

Hue

Tomb of Tu Duc:Pavilion

 

Tomb of Tu Duc:Inner courtyard

 

Tomb of Tu Duc:Sedan chair

 

Tomb of Tu Duc:Emperor's throne

 

Tomb of Tu Duc:Carved ceremonial elephant

 

Tomb of Tu Duc:Gateway to the tomb

 

Tomb of Tu Duc:Gateway to the tomb

 

Tomb of Tu Duc:Chinese memorial incription to the Emperor

 

Thien Mu Pagoda

 

Thien Mu Pagoda, entrance

 

Thien Mu Pagoda from the Pearl river

 

Thien Mu Pagoda and pillar with Chinese characters

 

Motorcycles carry anything

 

Bicycles carry anything

 

Giant cast bell

 

Temple guard

 

Temple guard

 

Temple guard

 

Temple guard

 

Garden with Bonsai trees

 

The Citadel (Imperial City)

 

One of the Nine Holy Cannons

 

Tower on Ngo Mon Gate

 

Fish in the moat

 

Fish in the moat

 

Ngo Mon Gate

 

Lacquer wood block showing the Ngo Mon Gate

 

Marble lion sculpture

 

Guilded lion

 

Thai Hoa Palace

 

Guilded lion

 

Emperor Khai Dinh with court oficials

 

Emperor Khai Dinh

 

Emperor Khai Dinh

 

Guilded dragon

 

Guilded cockerel

 

Guilded dragon and cockerel

 

Restoration work in the Purple City

 

Restoration work in the Purple City

 

Restoration work in the Purple City

 

Guilded statues

 

Gateway to the Hien Lam Pavilion

 

Thai Hoa Palace

 

Thai Hoa Palace

 

Thai Hoa Palace

 

Hien Lam Pavilion

 

Gateway with a large drum

 

Hoi An and Danang

Japanese covered bridge

 

Inside the bridge

 

Shrine to the Tao god

 

Shrine to the Tao god

 

Your photographer trying to carry baskets Vietnamese style

 

Hindu carving in the Cham museum

 

Hindu carving in the Cham museum

 

Hindu carving in the Cham museum

 

Hindu carving in the Cham museum

 

Buddhist shrine

 

Detail of the Cham Tower

 

Detail of the Cham Tower

 

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

One of the many slums in Ho Chi Minh City

 

A branch of the Saigon river

 

Reunification Hall

 

Fresh bananas

 

Notre Dame Cathedral

 

Inside Notre Dame Cathedral

 

The General Post Office

 

Inside the General Post Office

 

Colonial map of old Saigon

 

Victorious people

 

Tank outside a college

 

Monsoon clouds gathering over the city

 

Vietnamese Art

Ha Long Bay

 

Reeling in fishing nets

 

Hanoi, Water puppet theatre

 

Hanoi, Water puppet theatre

 

Hanoi, Water puppet theatre

 

Hanoi, Water puppet theatre

 

Hanoi, Water puppet theatre

 

Hanoi, Water puppet theatre

 

Rural scene

 

Ladies in National dress

 

Hoi An: Restoring a painting in a temple

 

Rural scene

 

Typical Vietnamese fan

 

Typical Vietnamese fan

 

An artist at work

 

Vietnamese Artisans

Bundles of joss sticks

 

Making a conical hat

 

Making joss sticks

 

Artisan street in Hue

 

Selling joss sticks

 

Making a conical hat

 

Selling joss sticks

 

Artisan street in Hue

 

Marble mountain village, Danang

 

Marble lion statue

 

Workshop area

 

Carving the marble

 

The finished products

 

Polishing the statue

 

Silk worms

 

Spinning the silk

 

Silk embroidery

 

Reels of coloured silk

 

Making silk clothes

 

bales of coloured silk material

 

Traditional musician

 

Traditional musician

 

Traditional musician

 

Traditional singer

 

Vietnamese Buddhism

One Pillar Pagoda

 

Shrine in the One Pillar Pagoda

 

Bach Ma Temple

 

Bach Ma Temple

 

Bach Ma Temple

 

Bach Ma Temple

 

Bach Ma Temple

 

Bach Ma Temple

 

Bach Ma Temple

 

Austin Cambridge of Thich Quang Duc

 

Explanation of the car

 

Photograph of Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation

 

The self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc photographed by Malcolm Browne

 

Shrine in Quan Thang House

 

Shrine in Quan Thang House

 

Shrine in Quan Thang House

 

Gateway to the Fujian Assembly Hall

 

Shrine in the Fujian Assembly Hall

 

Shrine in the Fujian Assembly Hall

 

Shrine in the Fujian Assembly Hall

 

Shrine in the Fujian Assembly Hall

 

Shrine in the Cham Tower

 

Shrine in the Cham Tower

 

Shrine in the Cham Tower

 

Long Son Pagoda

 

Reclining Buddha at Long Son Pagoda

 

Reclining Buddha at Long Son Pagoda

 

Beggar at Long Son Pagoda

 

Giant bell at Long Son Pagoda

 

Towering Buddah at Long Son Pagoda

 

Beggar at Long Son Pagoda

 

Beggar at Long Son Pagoda

 

Towering Buddah at Long Son Pagoda

 

Vietnamese Education

May 15th School Courtyard

 

IT suite May 15th School

 

IT suite May 15th School

 

IT suite May 15th School

 

Class rules

 

Craft classroom

 

Preparing vegetables in the kitchen

 

Monsoon in the courtyard

 

Working on the Land

Gardening by hand

 

Leading buffalo through the rice field

 

Leading buffalo through the rice field

 

Gardening by hand

 

The only way to travel

 

The only way to travel

 

Rice grains

 

Buffalo in a field

 

Rice grains

 

Buffalo in a field

 

Lotus flower

 

Lotus plants in a pond

 

Coconuts

 

Coconuts on a stalk

 

Rubber plants

 

Rubber plants

 

Vietnamese Markets

Nighttime flower market

 

Supermarket

 

Supermarket

 

Supermarket

 

Clothes stall

 

Snack bar

 

Alley way

 

General store

 

Banana and vegetable stall

 

Root crop stall

 

Root crop stall

 

Lunch break

 

Pre packed food

 

Food drying in the sun

 

Vegetable stall

 

Bartering the price

 

Market customers

 

Bicycles transport anything

 

Selling bric a brac

 

Vegetable stall

 

Clothes stall

 

Pre packed food

 

Meat market

 

Meat market

 

Village market

 

Shop selling Chinese masks

 

Shopping street

 

Vietnamese Roads

Motor bikes in Hanoi

 

Waiting at the lights

 

An unusually quiet road

 

Narrow houses on the way to Haiphong

 

Selling off the back of a motor bike

 

Children learn to ride at a very young age

 

Bicycle trishaw

 

Waiting for a passenger

 

Motor bike witha trailer

 

Asleep at the back

 

Shopping expedition

 

Cables are everywhere

 

Motor bikes in the rain

 

Rush hour in the dark

 

Can carry anything on a bike

 

Can carry anything on a bike

 

People carrier

 

People carrier

 

People carrier

 

People carrier

 

People carrier

 

People carrier

 

Motor bike repair shops are everywhere

 

Travel by trishaw

 

People carrier

 

Rural transport, donkey and cart

 

People carrier

 

Vietnamese Street Life

Selling fruit

 

Eating out

 

Waiting for customers

 

Eating out

 

Eating out

 

Eating out

 

Eating out

 

No health and safety rules here

 

Trishaw carrier

 

Child playing in the street

 

Carrying baskets on a shoulder

 

Carrying baskets on a shoulder

 

Lady looking very cool

 

Playing games in the street

 

Vietnamese Villages

Water village: Ha Long Bay

 

Village on the banks of the Pearl River

 

Village on the banks of the Pearl River

 

Floating fishing village: Nha Trang

 

Floating fishing village: Nha Trang

 

Floating fishing village: Nha Trang

 

Floating fishing village: Nha Trang

 

Floating fishing village: Nha Trang

 

House on stilts, Mekong Delta

 

House on stilts, Mekong Delta

 

House on stilts, Mekong Delta

 

Vietnamese War

The Cu Chi Tunnels

Vietnamese people generally are small. The entrance is tight

 

Going

 

Gone

 

Entrance to a tunnel

 

Entrance to a different tunnel

 

Inside the claustrophobic tunnels

 

Kitchen in the tunnels

 

Hospital in the tunnels

 

Swivelling man trap

 

How the trap worked

 

Clipping armpit trap

 

Door trap

 

False tunnel

 

Air vent disguised as a termit mound

 

Having a rest

 

Having a rest

 

Destroyed American tank

 

Destroyed American tank

 

Re-using a bomb casing

 

Making sandals from old tyre treads

 

Life On Vietnamese Water

Tourist boats in Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay: local transport

 

Ha Long Bay: local transport

 

Selling fruit

 

Tourist boat

 

Fishing sampan

 

Dragon head

 

Rowing: hard work

 

View of Ha Long Bay

 

View of Ha Long Bay

 

View of Ha Long Bay

 

View of Ha Long Bay

 

View of Ha Long Bay

 

View of Ha Long Bay

 

Selling local produce: Ha Long Bay

 

Selling local produce: Ha Long Bay

 

Selling local produce: Ha Long Bay

 

It's hard work rowing: Ha Long Bay

 

It's hard work rowing: Ha Long Bay

 

Selling at an early age: Ha Long Bay

 

Selling at an early age: Ha Long Bay

 

Selling at an early age: Ha Long Bay

 

Selling at an early age: Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay child

 

Local fish dish: Ha Long Bay

 

Dragon head: Ha Long Bay

 

Tourist junk: Ha Long Bay

 

In Wales they call this a coracle: Ha Long Bay

 

Dragon head: Ha Long Bay

 

Tourist junk: Ha Long Bay

 

Everybody can handle a boat: Ha Long Bay

 

Tourist boats: Ha Long Bay

 

Local residencies: Ha Long Bay

 

Fish farm in a flooded field

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Dragon boat on the Pearl river

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Life on the Perfume River

 

Thu Bon river: Hoi An

 

Thu Bon river: Hoi An

 

Thu Bon river frequently floods

 

Thu Bon river frequently floods

 

Fishing boats: Nha Tran

 

Fishing boats: Nha Tran

 

Slum by the river: Nha Tran

 

Tourist boats: Nha Tran

 

Local ferry: Nha Tran

 

Fishing village: South China Sea

 

Fishing village: South China Sea

 

Using muscle power

 

Using muscle power

 

Fisherman's floating hut

 

Fisherman's floating hut

 

Cable car from Nha Trang to Bamboo Island

 

Meeting of fresh and salt water

 

Tourist boats: Nha Tran

 

Fishing boats with coracles: Nha Tran

 

Fishing boats with coracles: Nha Tran

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Fishing boats on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta

 

Life on the Mekong Delta: Car ferry

 

Life on the Mekong Delta: Sand transporter

 

Life on the Mekong Delta: Fishing boats