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Everywhere you go in Vietnam you encounter its many street vendors, often they are children. This boy greeted me in English. Routinely, you find that children take English classes in school. Strangely, they don't always understand when you tell them that you are from the United States, you have to say, "America" instead. Their dream is to one day immigrate to America and the good life. |
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This fish vendor's stall is typical of many marketplaces found within cities and towns across Vietnam. The marketplace is a good place to assess the diet of the country's population. It is also a useful tool for gaining insights into their culture and daily living practices. We ate Pho Ga (chicken noodle soup) prepared fresh daily in these markets. It could be counted on as a safe meal for foreigners without immunities. |
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The evidence of the French colonial period is scattered throughout Vietnam. This man helps maintain this old building behind the central marketplace by painting its louvered doors. |
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Buddist monks chant their dirge to the dead in
a pagoda just outside of Ho Chi Minh City on the Mekong Delta. |
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Dick Walsh poses on the roof of the Rex Hotel where much of the war correspondence was broadcast from during the American War. |
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Motorbikes are mere streaks of light in the crowded, noisy streets below the world famous Rex Hotel. |
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This billboard alludes to the idea that $5.00 is the exchange rate for a 50,000 dong note. In actuality, it is only worth about $3.80. |
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