December 31, 2011
 The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]
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July 15, 2011
A boy on Long Son Island, off the coast of Vung Tau. The island's denizens follow a philosophy of simplicity and charity handed down by spiritual guru who founded the isle's first settlement. The people of Long Son Island follow a simple philosophy: no Gods, no temples, no books, no rules. Â Living with love, [...]
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March 26, 2011
 Morning commuters wait in line for a bus outside an East Japan Railways Co. train station after Tokyo Electric Co. announced the power outages in Urayasu city, Japan, on Monday, March 14, 2011 As the horrific power of nature’s shock and awe operation was unleashed on Japan last week, captured graphically by amateur [...]
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December 24, 2010
A man sings next to a roadside restaurant on a street in Hanoi December 16, 2010. As in other corners of Asia, karaoke is wildly popular in Vietnam and singing has become big business. Around 10 p.m. in Ho Chi Minh City’s rapidly-gentrifying District 8, an old Honda scooter pulls up to the curb of [...]
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January 31, 2010
Singer Luong Duc Minh at Câest Moi nightclub. Ho Chi Minh Cityâs night club singers often attract small local followings, but fame and fortune are not much of an option for these vocalists who perform purely for the love of song. After 30 years of singing, popular night club act Thanh Hoa doesnât have a [...]
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January 23, 2010
A makeshift wholesale market on the outskirts of Hanoi is the place to go for cheap ceramics, unless it’s the week before Tet. The pottery market trades wares from the main traditional pottery villages in northern Vietnam Leaving behind the noisy streets of Hanoi capital city, I drive down a dusty road alongside the Red [...]
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December 12, 2009
The Thai hill tribe living on the outskirts of Dien Bien Phu are well known for their kindness and hospitality. Administratively, the province of Dien Bien was created in the beginning of 2004 when the former Lai Chau province was split into two new provinces. The new Lai Chau province covers the north of the [...]
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September 7, 2009
A scene from “The Baader Meinhof Complex”.LookAtVietnam – The German Film Week 2009 will take place at the Goethe Institute from September 9-13, with six films praised at many prestigious international festivals. It’s a long time since German films have attracted so much attention and won so many prizes. It’s been just as long since German filmmakers [...]
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April 9, 2009
Young beneficiaries of the Opening University Education to Deaf People project chat during a break. It has been nearly 10 years since Vietnamâs first teacher-training classes for the hearing-impaired began in the southern province of Dong Nai. Not a word is heard in the classrooms yet the atmosphere is alive with enthusiasm and hope.The students [...]
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March 1, 2009
Trung Hieu joins throngs of people, two boats on wheels and a couple of wooden elephants, for a unique festival in Tan Hoi Commune, near Ha Noi, held only once every five years. Singers perform traditional folk songs at the festival. LookAtVietnam – Trung Hieu joins throngs of people, two boats on wheels and a [...]
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