TWO CITIES: HANOI – SAIGON
Connla StokesStories from Vietnam by Connla Stokes, a resident since November, 1999.
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An American RF-101 reconnaissance aircraft as it flies over the destroyed My Duo bridge in North Vietnam. Credit: Jean Burfin, Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Chapter I: A World of Our Own
High over the Red River delta, a formation of U....
Thirteen Days in Saigon
Saigon, September 1945. As captured by John Florea.
“The true photographer is the witness of each day’s events, a reporter.”
— Germaine Krull
Preamble: Born in 1897 in Posen-Wilda, East Prussia (now Poznań, Poland), to German parents, G...
On Seeing the 100% Perfect Street One Beautiful April Morning
Fallen sấu leaves on Hanoi’s Trần Phú Street, April 2023.
“Lá rụng gợi một nỗi nhớ âm thầm của tuổi người.”
(Fallen leaves stir a quiet longing in people.)
—Ma Văn Kháng
ONCE, IN THE MIDDLE OF A DAYDREAM, I blurted: ‘Fan Ding Fung.’...
Pulling rank with pronouns
On the occasion of a ‘giỗ’ (death anniversary) in honour of my Hanoi-born son’s great auntie, two distant branches of a family tree once came together in Ho Chi Minh City to put the Vietnamese language’s strict conventions regarding pronoun...
Notes from the Field: Bia Hơi Spotting in Hanoi
“In this way you too, waiting day after day, will become a part of her. You too will nourish the city.”
—Gianfranco Calligarich, Last Summer in the City.
A quick one-item glossary
Bia hơi – literally “fresh beer”; depending on context,...
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Irish writer, editor, and longtime Vietnam resident. Writing about overlooked episodes in Saigon’s history and reflecting on life in Hanoi from 1999 to 2012. #history #saigon #hanoi
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