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- Rural Cambodia
- Banteay Chamaar – the middle of nowhere.
- Preah Vihear – beauty in a war zone
- KOTO restaurant Saigon
- Dong Khoi old and new – the streets of Saigon
- Free the Bears at Phnom Tamao
- Phnom Penh for a weekend
- Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens – a mixed bag.
- Vung Tau on a Sunday day trip
- Vietnam news stories
- Long Tan on Vietnam Veterans Day
- Koh Ker – a remote Angkor temple in the middle of land mines
- The streets of Saigon – Le Quy Don
- The kids of Kontum
- Kontum – the rites and rongs
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Victory Day, Reunification Day and Liberation Day all in one
Today is a public holiday in Vietnam. It is variously called Victory Day, Reunification Day and, apparently, Liberation Day, although I’m not sure where that last term is used. It recalls the day, 30th April 1975, when the North Vietnamese … Continue reading
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Chaos in Saigon
It is a public holiday here this Friday. It’s the anniversary of the day when the North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon to effectively end the war. 30th April 1975. It seems to … Continue reading
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