Views of Vietnam

B&W Photos By Minh NgocFrom Nha Trang 2007

NATURAL BEAUTY

Early Morning Mists at Dalat City

Dawn

Coastal Palm Tree Foliage

Chinabay at De-Nang on the way to Hue

Waterfalls

Vietnam Rainforest

Halong Bay

Halong Bay Sunset

PEOPLE OF VIETNAMMany Generations

Childhood

Happy Mother and Son

Happy Mother and Son

A man who has seen much in his lifetime.

Grandmother being comforted.

The Past and the Future

Children

Sisters

Girl with her

grandfather

Oh, what he can remember!

Beautiful eyes with much yet to see

Hoi-An Market Vendor

FISHINGLivelihood for Many

Fish Market

Fishing boats on the river.

Checking Fish Nets

Husband & Wife Fishing

Riverbank activities.

Hanging out the fish nets to dry

Casting a net on the Serepok River

‘Dang’ in the River

Waiting on the River

Paddling back with fish

Ngoc Diem Village Fishing Boats

Vietnamese Seafood

THE WET MONSOON SEASON

The Mixed Blessing of Water for Life Arrives

There’s a wet monsoon and a dry monsoon

Caught in a Wet Monsoon Season Rain

Children in the Rain

Rushing to Market in the Rain

Boys at Play

After the Rain

THE DRY MONSOON SEASONSeveral Months Essentially Without Rain

Drought Area

FARMING, LABOR, & COMMERCE OCCUPY MANY

Work Often Begins Quite Young

Old farmer near rice paddy

Road between Fields

Terraced field at Mat Village – Da Lat City

Mother is working in a rice paddy.

Plowing the Field

Birds in the Field

Water buffalo crossing the river

Large herd of water buffalo crossed the river

Girls with Harvested Maize

Hard working child hauling bananas or plantains.

Terraced Rice Paddies

Green Rice Fields

Hurrying to Market

Carrying their load down the road.

Hard Working Mother

Road Side “Inn”

A Mother’s Job

Salt Production

Producing Incense Sticks

Commerce on Halong Bay

Live chickens for sale in Hanoi

Floating market in the Mekong Delta

Hoi An Market where the river parallels the road

Hoi An Market

CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, & RIVER LIFE

Not Everyone Lives in a Rural Hamlet

Hue Capital

Xom Moi Market at night in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province

Afternoon at Dien Bien City Bridge.

Village market

Riverboats

Citadel in Hue

Ho Chi Minh City from the air

Garbage in Hanoi street

Hanoi Street Scene

Village Market

MEKONG DELTA REGIONShould benefit from increased international commerce

Mekong Delta Settlement

Market and docks on the Mekong in the delta region.

Crossing the Mekong

FAMILY AND HOMEMany Traditions Remain Strong

Women pounding the rice.

Separating rice from chaff.

Small kitchen

Children babysitting

Baby being fed

Sharing the old stories

Meeting of the Village Elders

Children before class

Passing on Religious Traditions

Going to Church

Traditional Worship

Children sit in front of the house

Grandfather & grandson sitting outside the house

SUV and Cell Phone

Cao Dai Temple near Ho Chi Minh City

Cao Dai Temple

Vietnamese Pagoda between Hoi An and Hue

FUN, GAMES, & ENTERTAINMENT

An Essential Part of Life

Elephant Race

Friends riding water buffalos

Somersault competition

Traditional dance

Fire Dance

Race with traditional creels

ETHNIC MINORITIES There Are Many in Vietnam

K’ho People

Mountain Girls

Ma People

A Ma mother – notice the rosary around her neck.

Ma women take a break with a bamboo pipe.

K’ho woman at Minh Ngoc.

Children of the Trin People

Hardworking Trin Boy

Thai village at Dien Bien Phu Province

Pagoda in Chinese quarter of Ho Chi Minh City

Chinese Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City

REMEMBRANCES OF THE VIETNAM WAR

They Can’t Escape Them

Bomb and shell casings in the DMZ

Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh

Viet Cong tunnel in the DMZ

21ST CENTURY APPEAL TO TOURISTS

Free Enterprise and Cooperation with Capitalist Businesses are Growing Steadily.

Luxurious Evason Hideaway at Ana Mandara, Vietnam

Beach and terrace at Evason Hideaway

Mama Han’s Floating Bar

Tourist with a banana split.

A tourist with a 40 kg python.

INDUSTRY, RECOVERY, AND GROWTH

Vietnam has been undergoing much change in the 21st century

Commercial agriculture – exporting rice again

Proposed headquarters for ship building in Vietnam

Clipper, a Danish company, signs contract for 10 ships.

Scenes from the coal mining industry.

Well established textile industry

Rolling machine for making sheet steel being delivered

Manufacturing Furniture

Computers and iPods being advertised in Ho Chi Minh City

Railroad transportation reestablished

Planned convention center in Ho Chi Minh City