Views of Vietnam
B&W Photos By Minh Ngoc
From 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
Many Generations
PEOPLE OF VIETNAM
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
Livelihood for Many
FISHING
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 Mixed Blessing of Water for Life Arrives
There’s a wet monsoon and a dry monsoon
THE WET MONSOON SEASON
Caught in a Wet Monsoon
Season Rain
Children in
the Rain
Rushing to Market in the Rain
Boys at Play
After the Rain
Several Months Essentially Without Rain
THE DRY MONSOON SEASON
Drought Area
Work Often Begins Quite Young
FARMING, LABOR, &
COMMERCE OCCUPY MANY
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
Not Everyone Lives in a Rural Hamlet
CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, &
RIVER LIFE
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
Should benefit from increased international commerce
MEKONG DELTA REGION
Mekong Delta Settlement
Market and docks on the
Mekong in the delta region.
Crossing the Mekong
Many Traditions Remain Strong
FAMILY AND HOME
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
An Essential Part of Life
FUN, GAMES, &
ENTERTAINMENT
Elephant Race
Friends riding water buffalos
Somersault competition
Traditional dance
Fire Dance
Race with traditional creels
There Are Many in Vietnam
ETHNIC MINORITIES
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
They Can’t Escape Them
REMEMBRANCES OF THE
VIETNAM WAR
Bomb and
shell
casings in
the DMZ
Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cong tunnel in the DMZ
Free Enterprise and Cooperation with Capitalist Businesses are
Growing Steadily.
21ST CENTURY APPEAL TO
TOURISTS
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.
Vietnam has been undergoing much change in the 21st century
INDUSTRY, RECOVERY, AND
GROWTH
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