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Lunar New year celebrated in Ho Chi Minh

Several thousand people celebrate the arrival of the Dragon's year in The Saigon river Harbour. Ho Chi Min, Vietnam. 22nd January 2012

by Gerardo Angiulli in Vietnam on 22/01/2012

Society

Ho Chi Minh City colored with flowers for Tet New Year

File images: Tao Dan Park flowers, bonsai, artistic rocks and the Le Van Tam Park Flower Market are prepared and presented to bring out color in...

by Gerardo Angiulli in Vietnam on 21/01/2012

Society

Life in a remote Vietnamese village is about to change forever.

Life in an isolated village community nestled in a mountainous jungle area of North West Vietnam is on the cusp of change. A rough road linking Ban...

by Stephen Ford in Vietnam on 12/08/2011

22/01/2012 - Lunar New year celebrated in Ho Chi Minh - Vietnam - Several thousand people celebrate the...
21/01/2012 - Ho Chi Minh City colored with flowers for Tet New Year - Vietnam - File images: Tao Dan Park flowers,...
12/08/2011 - Life in a remote Vietnamese village is about to change forever. - Vietnam - Life in an isolated village community...
25/07/2011 - Rice planting season in North West Vietnam - Vietnam - The rice planting season is in full...
21/07/2011 - Logging of mature hardwood trees in remote Vietnam - Vietnam - Pictorial evidence of alleged illegal...
10/10/2010 - Hanoi 1000 Year Anniversary - Vietnam - Hanoi is celebrating its 1000 Year...
30/08/2010 - Electric shock fishing in Vietnam - Vietnam - Poverty prompts Vietnamese fisher in...
22/08/2010 - Traditional life in a remote village in Vietnam. - Vietnam - Na Bai is a remote village in North...
08/08/2010 - Ethnic Minorities of Northern Vietnam - Vietnam - The mountains of Sapa district host a...
05/08/2010 - Pollution threatens Hoan Kiem Lake - Hanoi - Vietnam - Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake is a major...

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Lunar New year celebrated in Ho Chi Minh
Several thousand people celebrate the arrival of the Dragon's year in The Saigon river Harbour. Ho Chi Min, Vietnam. 22nd January 2012
Ho Chi Minh City colored with flowers for Tet New Year
File images: Tao Dan Park flowers, bonsai, artistic rocks and the Le Van Tam Park Flower Market are prepared and presented to bring out color in preparation for the Tet Vietnamese New Y...
Ethnic Minorities of Northern Vietnam
The mountains of Sapa district host a variety of ethnic minority peoples whose practices and traditions have resisted the other dominant cultures in the region and include the Flower Hm...
Pollution threatens Hoan Kiem Lake - Hanoi
Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake is a major landmark in the city. But in recent years levels of pollution has begun to threaten the lake's wildlife, including the giant soft-shell torto...
Rice planting season in North West Vietnam
The rice planting season is in full swing in North West Vietnam. The country, along with others in the same region of Asia, provides most of the worlds rice produce. Mai Chau, Vietnam. ...
Logging of mature hardwood trees in remote Vietnam
Pictorial evidence of alleged illegal and/or community sponsored hardwood logging, and milling in the remote jungle rain forests. Hoa Binh, Vietnam. 21st July 2011.
Life in a remote Vietnamese village is about to change forever.
Life in an isolated village community nestled in a mountainous jungle area of North West Vietnam is on the cusp of change. A rough road linking Ban Son with the outside world is almost...
Pig Killing Ceremony
This is the annual festival called “Hoi Chem Lon Te Thanh” (Dedicate the Pig to the Commune’s Founder), taking place on January, 6th (Vietnamese Lunar year) in Nem Thuong ward, Khac Nie...
Hanoi 1000 Year Anniversary
Hanoi is celebrating its 1000 Year Anniversary with events all around the city for the ten days leading up to the anniversary. The day itself is being marked with military parades and a...
Sapa and its people - Vietnam
Views of Sapa, a frontier town near the border with China, its people and the surrounding countryside in the Lào Cai province in northwest Vietnam. Vietnam. August 2006.
Electric shock fishing in Vietnam
Poverty prompts Vietnamese fisher in the Thua Thien Hue province to use dangerous electro-fishing, endangering not only the eco system but also risking their lives. Vietnam. 30/08/10.
Traditional life in a remote village in Vietnam.
Na Bai is a remote village in North West Vietnam inaccessible except on foot or by moto-cycle. Traditional life continues in the village which is untouched by tourism. Na Bai, Vietnam. ...
The rebirth of Vietnam
Images from a three-week journey in Vietnam. From North, Northeast, Central, and South parts of the country I found a people rich in culture and compassion who have moved on from its wa...
Flowers in Dalat
Dalat is famous in SE Asia for its beautiful flowers that it grows for internal distribution and international export. Flowers picked in the morning in Dalat can be on the tables of Ho ...
People on the streets of Hanoi
Photographs taken in the streets of the Old City and Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi City, Vietnam. 09/04/2008
Northern Vietnamese Markets
DMTX. In Northern Vietnam, the Hmong ethnic minorities gathered in the market of Can Cau and Bac Ha to sell food, handicrafts, tools, tobacco, medicine, and clothing. Can Cau, Vietnam. ...
Holi Festival of Colours in India
DMTX. The Holi festival in Dimapur, India also known as the festival of colours is an annual celebration observed by the Hindu community. Singing, dancing and colourful face painting ar...
Holi festival of colours in India
DMTX. Indian communities celebrate Holi, also known as the festival of colour, which is one of the major festivals to held in India. Holi is celebrated with singing, dancing and people ...
Brave New Hanoi
Portraits of Hanoians, scenes from the city and its surrounding suburbs, construction, growth, juxtapositions between old and new, cultures, customs and the rapidly changing face of Vie...
Sapa Hill Station, Vietnam
DMTX. The communities of ethnic minorities around the North Vietnamese hill station of Sapa going about their daily lives, which involves a balance of traditional ways and interacting w...