Vietnam
Laundry swaying in the wind on a ship in Halong Bay.
A rock in Halong Bay resembling a human face.
Local man mending nets on a boat in Halong Bay.
Tourist cruise ships with sails resembling old junk boats in Halong Bay.
Picturesque group of junk boats in Halong Bay.
Junk boats moored in Halong Bay.
A wooden dragon decorating one of the junk boat looks at the scenery of Halong Bay.
Floating houses of fishermen from Halong Bay.
Scenery seen from the trekking route on Cat Ba island in Halong Bay
Fishing boat. Halong Bay.
Unique scenery of Halong Bay.
Tangles and bundles of electric cables over the street of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Vietnamese girl selling newspapers. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Destroyed American tank in Cu Chi - a site of the most fierce fights during the Vietnam War and famous because of the tunnels dug by the Vietkong guerilla fighters.
At the shooting range in Cu Chi one can practice shooting with various types of weapons including Russian Kalashnikov, US M-16 and US heavy machine gun.
A beach on a tiny island in Lan Ha Bay near Cat Ba Island. Halong Bay.
Evening bath in warm waters of Lan Ha Bay. Halong Bay.
Misty scenery of Halong Bay early morning.
Early morning in Halong Bay.
Floating house of the "boat people" of Halong Bay under a giant rock towering over it.
Cruise ships with the breathtaking scenery of Halong Bay at the background.
Sunny morning in Halong Bay.
Chaotic and colorful buildings in the suburbs of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
"Creative" architecture in the suburbs of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Such propaganda posters in the style of 60-ties or 70-ties of the XXth century can still be found in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Ho Chi Minh - a communist national hero of Vietnam is sometimes shown on the posters as a blossoming flower. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Museum of Fine Arts the 1929 colonial-era yellow-and-white building. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
The inner courtyard of the Museum of Fine Arts. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Afternoon rest. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Sunset over the Halong Bay.
Halong Bay. Sunset.
Scenery of Halong Bay.
A fishing boat with the backdrop of picturesque rocks of Halong Bay.
A stop at hanging rock. Halong Bay.
A lonely rock in Halong Bay.
Conversation on a street in Hanoi.
Thien Mu pagoda and a shopping cart near Hue.
Detail of decoration of Thien Mu pagoda near Hue.
Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony), built in 1803 - a hall supported by 80 carved and lacquered columns. Hue Imperial City.
Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony built in 1803) - a hall supported by 80 carved and lacquered columns. Hue Imperial City.
The throne of the Nguyen kings with a gilded canopy over it in Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony) built in 1803. Hue Imperial City.
Table with chairs in Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony). Hue Imperial City.
Roof tiles gathered for repair works in Hue Imperial City.
Pond with serpentine shaped edge. Hue Imperial CIty.
Vietnamese family taking photo in imperial disguise. Hue Imperial City.
An open pavilion in Hue Imperial City.
West Gate of Hue Imperial City.
West Gate of Hue Imperial City.
Local woman carrying stuff. Hue Imperial City.
Elderly lady doing morning excercises at the bank of the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Traditional, still widely used way of transporting goods in Hanoi.
Busy corner of Hàng Đào and Cầu Gỗ streets. Hanoi.
Turtle Tower (Tháp Rùa) in the center of the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi on a misty morning.
The Huc (Morning Sunlight) Bridge on Hoan Kiem (West) lake on a misty morning in Hanoi.
A man wearing a uniform of a Vietnamese soldier carries goods along the Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hanoi with a white socrealist Martyrs Monument at the background.
A man wearing a uniform of a Vietnamese soldier carries goods on the Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hanoi.
Children playing badminton on Dinh Tien Hoang street next to the Martyrs Monument in Hanoi.
A small shrine in Hanoi.
Resident of Hoi An in front of his "for sale" (nha ban) house.
A small textile factory in Hoi An.
Inside a small textile factory in Hoi An.
In front of a house for sale (nha ban) in Hoi An.
Sellers waiting for clients at the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Vegetable market in Hoi An.
Green vegetables, eggs, tiny tomatoes, etc. for sale at the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Local women selling vegetable at the market in Hoi An.
At the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Women from the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Stilt houses near in the Mekong delta.
Looms at a small textile factory near Danang.
Young girl at her window of a stilt house in the Mekong delta.
A boy from his window of a stilt house in the Mekong delta.
Muslims sitting in front of their house in Cham village near Chau Doc close to the Cambodian border.
Poor house built on the water out of palm leaves and wood near Chau Doc close to the Cambodian border.
Street barber in Hue.
A pile of destroyed American military equipment in front of the War Remnants Museum in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Bread seller on a street in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Traffic in Saigon with motorbikes (3.5 million of them) seen everywhere.
Motorbikes in Saigon. According to a 2010 estimate, there are 3.5 million motorbikes and 330,000 cars for a city population of 6.5 million.
Traditional and still very common way of transporting goods in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Old man from Hanoi.
Conversation between two local women on a street in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Square with Hanoi St Joseph's cathedral on Nha Tho (Church) Street in the Hoàn Kiếm District of Hanoi.
Blue window on a blue wall in Hue.
Watching the world passing by. Hoi An.
Street barber in Hue.
Little girl from Hue.
Children from Hue.
Happy children from Hue.
Smiling trishaw driver in Hue.
A street in the old part of Hoi An.
A ride with a trishaw in Hoi An.
Rice fields on the way from Hoi An to My Son.
A Hindu temple in My Son - the site of religious ceremonies for the Hindu rulers of the Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
One of the better preserved temples in My Son - the religious and burial complex built by the Hindu rulers of Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
Ruins of My Son - the religious and burial complex built by the Hindu rulers of Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
A door opening of a Hindu temple in My Son - the religious and burial complex built by the Hindu rulers of Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
Local lady with her bike on a street in Hoi An.
Colorful lanterns in front of a house in the old part of Hoi An.
Local woman selling red peppers on a street in Hoi An.
Man wearing a beret is reading a newspaper on a misty winter morning by the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Incenses in front of a temple in Hue.
Street cleaner from the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum area in Hanoi.
The mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh on Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.
Presidential Palace - the former seat of the French Governor-General of Indochina. Hanoi.
Unusual forms of the tree roots in the Ho Chi Minh Park in Hanoi.
A lady crocheting outside her house in Hanoi.
The mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh on Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.
Public workers maintainig the lawn in front of the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi.
Public workers maintainig the lawn in front of the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi.
Public workers maintainig the lawn in front of the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi.
A group of Vietnamese chatting and eating at a square in Hue.
A courtyard with a little shrine. Hue.
Stone stelae in the Temple of Literature in Hanoi.
Young Polish girl sitting between two elderly Vietnamese men. Hanoi.
Thien Mu pagoda. Hue.
Steps leading to the Thien Mu pagoda from the Parfume River. Hue.
Statues of animals and officals at the beginning of ceremonial courtyard in front of Emperor Tu Duc's tomb near Hue.
The tomb of Empress Le Tien Anh in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
A gate in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
Stela pavilion housing a memorial stela to Tu Duc's reign in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
The stela pavilion seen from the main gate of emperor Tu Duc's tomb. Mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
Stela pavilion housing a memorial stela to Tu Duc's reign in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
Local farmers work in the field on the bank of Parfume River near Hue.
Sunset over Parfume River near Hue.
The Ngo Mon gate (Noontime Gate) - the main entrance to the imperial city in Hue.
Yellow fishes in one of the ponds in the imperial city in Hue.
Transporting wood on the Parfume River - not much changed for the last couple of centuries.
Window shutters in Hoi An.
A man resting in front of a yellow house in Hoi An.
Old Vietnamese furniture in front of a house in Hoi An.
Traditional gongs for sale in Hoi An.
Famous Japanese Bridge (or Pagoda Bridge - Chua Cau) in Hoi An - built in early XVIIth century.
Litlle boy from Hue.
American Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter in War Remnants Museum in Hanoi. 7,013 of those helicopters (in various versions) were used during Vietnam War and 3,305 were lost in action.
Guillotine used by the French in Vietnam shown in the War Remnants Museum in Hanoi. It was kept in the big jail on Lagrandière street (now Ly Tu Trong St.) in Hanoi.
Stands with fuel for motorbikes by the road from Hoi An to My Son.
Crocodile farm near Saigon (Ho CHi Minh city).
Crocodile posing for a photo on a farm near Saigon (Ho CHi Minh city).
Crocodiles on a farm near Saigon (Ho CHi Minh city).
Floating market in the Mekong delta.
Floating market in the Mekong delta.
Laundry swaying in the wind on a ship in Halong Bay.
A rock in Halong Bay resembling a human face.
Local man mending nets on a boat in Halong Bay.
Tourist cruise ships with sails resembling old junk boats in Halong Bay.
Picturesque group of junk boats in Halong Bay.
Junk boats moored in Halong Bay.
A wooden dragon decorating one of the junk boat looks at the scenery of Halong Bay.
Floating houses of fishermen from Halong Bay.
Scenery seen from the trekking route on Cat Ba island in Halong Bay
Fishing boat. Halong Bay.
Unique scenery of Halong Bay.
Tangles and bundles of electric cables over the street of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Vietnamese girl selling newspapers. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Destroyed American tank in Cu Chi - a site of the most fierce fights during the Vietnam War and famous because of the tunnels dug by the Vietkong guerilla fighters.
At the shooting range in Cu Chi one can practice shooting with various types of weapons including Russian Kalashnikov, US M-16 and US heavy machine gun.
A beach on a tiny island in Lan Ha Bay near Cat Ba Island. Halong Bay.
Evening bath in warm waters of Lan Ha Bay. Halong Bay.
Misty scenery of Halong Bay early morning.
Early morning in Halong Bay.
Floating house of the "boat people" of Halong Bay under a giant rock towering over it.
Cruise ships with the breathtaking scenery of Halong Bay at the background.
Sunny morning in Halong Bay.
Chaotic and colorful buildings in the suburbs of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
"Creative" architecture in the suburbs of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Such propaganda posters in the style of 60-ties or 70-ties of the XXth century can still be found in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Ho Chi Minh - a communist national hero of Vietnam is sometimes shown on the posters as a blossoming flower. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Museum of Fine Arts the 1929 colonial-era yellow-and-white building. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
The inner courtyard of the Museum of Fine Arts. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Afternoon rest. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Sunset over the Halong Bay.
Halong Bay. Sunset.
Scenery of Halong Bay.
A fishing boat with the backdrop of picturesque rocks of Halong Bay.
A stop at hanging rock. Halong Bay.
A lonely rock in Halong Bay.
Conversation on a street in Hanoi.
Thien Mu pagoda and a shopping cart near Hue.
Detail of decoration of Thien Mu pagoda near Hue.
Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony), built in 1803 - a hall supported by 80 carved and lacquered columns. Hue Imperial City.
Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony built in 1803) - a hall supported by 80 carved and lacquered columns. Hue Imperial City.
The throne of the Nguyen kings with a gilded canopy over it in Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony) built in 1803. Hue Imperial City.
Table with chairs in Tai Hoa Palace (Palace of Supreme Harmony). Hue Imperial City.
Roof tiles gathered for repair works in Hue Imperial City.
Pond with serpentine shaped edge. Hue Imperial CIty.
Vietnamese family taking photo in imperial disguise. Hue Imperial City.
An open pavilion in Hue Imperial City.
West Gate of Hue Imperial City.
West Gate of Hue Imperial City.
Local woman carrying stuff. Hue Imperial City.
Elderly lady doing morning excercises at the bank of the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Traditional, still widely used way of transporting goods in Hanoi.
Busy corner of Hàng Đào and Cầu Gỗ streets. Hanoi.
Turtle Tower (Tháp Rùa) in the center of the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi on a misty morning.
The Huc (Morning Sunlight) Bridge on Hoan Kiem (West) lake on a misty morning in Hanoi.
A man wearing a uniform of a Vietnamese soldier carries goods along the Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hanoi with a white socrealist Martyrs Monument at the background.
A man wearing a uniform of a Vietnamese soldier carries goods on the Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hanoi.
Children playing badminton on Dinh Tien Hoang street next to the Martyrs Monument in Hanoi.
A small shrine in Hanoi.
Resident of Hoi An in front of his "for sale" (nha ban) house.
A small textile factory in Hoi An.
Inside a small textile factory in Hoi An.
In front of a house for sale (nha ban) in Hoi An.
Sellers waiting for clients at the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Vegetable market in Hoi An.
Green vegetables, eggs, tiny tomatoes, etc. for sale at the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Local women selling vegetable at the market in Hoi An.
At the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Women from the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Stilt houses near in the Mekong delta.
Looms at a small textile factory near Danang.
Young girl at her window of a stilt house in the Mekong delta.
A boy from his window of a stilt house in the Mekong delta.
Muslims sitting in front of their house in Cham village near Chau Doc close to the Cambodian border.
Poor house built on the water out of palm leaves and wood near Chau Doc close to the Cambodian border.
Street barber in Hue.
A pile of destroyed American military equipment in front of the War Remnants Museum in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Bread seller on a street in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Traffic in Saigon with motorbikes (3.5 million of them) seen everywhere.
Motorbikes in Saigon. According to a 2010 estimate, there are 3.5 million motorbikes and 330,000 cars for a city population of 6.5 million.
Traditional and still very common way of transporting goods in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Old man from Hanoi.
Conversation between two local women on a street in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city).
Square with Hanoi St Joseph's cathedral on Nha Tho (Church) Street in the Hoàn Kiếm District of Hanoi.
Blue window on a blue wall in Hue.
Watching the world passing by. Hoi An.
Street barber in Hue.
Little girl from Hue.
Children from Hue.
Happy children from Hue.
Smiling trishaw driver in Hue.
A street in the old part of Hoi An.
A ride with a trishaw in Hoi An.
Rice fields on the way from Hoi An to My Son.
A Hindu temple in My Son - the site of religious ceremonies for the Hindu rulers of the Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
One of the better preserved temples in My Son - the religious and burial complex built by the Hindu rulers of Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
Ruins of My Son - the religious and burial complex built by the Hindu rulers of Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
A door opening of a Hindu temple in My Son - the religious and burial complex built by the Hindu rulers of Champa kingdom between 4th and 14th century AD.
Local lady with her bike on a street in Hoi An.
Colorful lanterns in front of a house in the old part of Hoi An.
Local woman selling red peppers on a street in Hoi An.
Man wearing a beret is reading a newspaper on a misty winter morning by the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Incenses in front of a temple in Hue.
Street cleaner from the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum area in Hanoi.
The mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh on Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.
Presidential Palace - the former seat of the French Governor-General of Indochina. Hanoi.
Unusual forms of the tree roots in the Ho Chi Minh Park in Hanoi.
A lady crocheting outside her house in Hanoi.
The mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh on Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.
Public workers maintainig the lawn in front of the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi.
Public workers maintainig the lawn in front of the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi.
Public workers maintainig the lawn in front of the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi.
A group of Vietnamese chatting and eating at a square in Hue.
A courtyard with a little shrine. Hue.
Stone stelae in the Temple of Literature in Hanoi.
Young Polish girl sitting between two elderly Vietnamese men. Hanoi.
Thien Mu pagoda. Hue.
Steps leading to the Thien Mu pagoda from the Parfume River. Hue.
Statues of animals and officals at the beginning of ceremonial courtyard in front of Emperor Tu Duc's tomb near Hue.
The tomb of Empress Le Tien Anh in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
A gate in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
Stela pavilion housing a memorial stela to Tu Duc's reign in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
The stela pavilion seen from the main gate of emperor Tu Duc's tomb. Mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
Stela pavilion housing a memorial stela to Tu Duc's reign in the mausoleum complex of emperor Tu Duc near Hue.
Local farmers work in the field on the bank of Parfume River near Hue.
Sunset over Parfume River near Hue.
The Ngo Mon gate (Noontime Gate) - the main entrance to the imperial city in Hue.
Yellow fishes in one of the ponds in the imperial city in Hue.
Transporting wood on the Parfume River - not much changed for the last couple of centuries.
Window shutters in Hoi An.
A man resting in front of a yellow house in Hoi An.
Old Vietnamese furniture in front of a house in Hoi An.
Traditional gongs for sale in Hoi An.
Famous Japanese Bridge (or Pagoda Bridge - Chua Cau) in Hoi An - built in early XVIIth century.
Litlle boy from Hue.
American Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter in War Remnants Museum in Hanoi. 7,013 of those helicopters (in various versions) were used during Vietnam War and 3,305 were lost in action.
Guillotine used by the French in Vietnam shown in the War Remnants Museum in Hanoi. It was kept in the big jail on Lagrandière street (now Ly Tu Trong St.) in Hanoi.
Stands with fuel for motorbikes by the road from Hoi An to My Son.
Crocodile farm near Saigon (Ho CHi Minh city).
Crocodile posing for a photo on a farm near Saigon (Ho CHi Minh city).
Crocodiles on a farm near Saigon (Ho CHi Minh city).
Floating market in the Mekong delta.
Floating market in the Mekong delta.