Hang Vai; the street in the Old Quarter we stayed on

Good Morning Vietnam - Hanoi

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January 24th 2015
I am very glad to be here. Images of the 'American' War were etched on my brain at a World Press Photography exhibition I went to as a school student in the seventies - you know the ones: naked children escaping napalm in front of impersonal US soldiers. I never thought I would visit the country back then. And when I lived in the US in the eighties and saw how it impacted so many families, Vietnam ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more