Notes on the Geography of Vietnam: Post-Colonial HanoiGlimpses of the contemporary city. Make default image size larger ![]() The river runs as ever. ![]() Riverside temple. ![]() The boundary between streambank and city is as sharp as can be. ![]() Busy, busy. ![]() One of the striking things about the city is the narrowness of building frontages. ![]() Narrower still. ![]() Narrow and high. ![]() Stylistic juxtaposition on a high-rent street. ![]() French is no longer the only language of international allure. ![]() Blonde models. ![]() High-rise offices. ![]() Apartments in the Vincom City Towers. ![]() Inside the same building. ![]() Outside, on the streets. ![]() Heading to the suburbs. ![]() Could be many places. ![]() Wake up and wonder where you are. ![]() Here, on Tran Duy Hun, we've come to a Bangkok-owned hypermart. The inflated tube says with a straight face, "Honoring the Beauty of Vietnam." ![]() Busy, busy. ![]() The triumph of the French. ![]() America in hot pursuit. ![]() Sideshow. ![]() Imported icons, adapted without much respect for their customary proportions. ![]() Grandeur on the loose: the entrance to Ciputra Hanoi International City. ![]() Inside, high rises loom over a corrupt version of even a Las Vegas corruption of Europe. ![]() "Very expensive," a passerby says admiringly. ![]() Meanwhile, the crowds continue to gather at Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, built in 1975 and already from another world. ![]() Another socialist relic: the Cho Buoi or Buoi Market. ![]() Inside? Dead, dead, dead. |
* Argentina * Australia * Austria * Bangladesh * Belgium * Botswana * Brazil * Burma / Myanmar * Cambodia (Angkor) * Canada (B.C.) * China * The Czech Republic * Egypt * Fiji * France * Germany * Ghana * Greece * Guyana * Hungary * India: Themes * Northern India * Peninsular India * Indonesia * Israel * Italy * Japan * Jerusalem * Jordan * Kenya * Laos * Kosovo * Malawi * Malaysia * Mauritius * Mexico * Micronesia (Pohnpei) * Morocco * Mozambique * Namibia * The Netherlands * New Zealand * Nigeria * Norway * Oman * Pakistan * Peru * The Philippines * Poland * Portugal * Romania (Transylvania) * Senegal * Singapore * South Africa * South Korea * Spain * Sri Lanka * Sudan * Syria (Aleppo) * Tanzania * Thailand * Trinidad * Turkey (Istanbul) * Uganda * The U.A.E. (Dubai) * The United Kingdom * The Eastern United States * The Western United States * Oklahoma * Uruguay * Uzbekistan * Vietnam * The West Bank * Yemen * Zambia * Zimbabwe *