Children in front of rural hut, Hon Chong. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8010.html Black Hmong girl and family. Sapa, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8040.html The old Hotel de Ville, one of finest examples of French colonial architecture. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8041.html Bronze memorial to Ho Chi Minh by artist Diep Minh Chau and city hall. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8042.html City townhall and Ho Chi Minh sculpture. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7965.html Old and new: street fruit vendors and computer store. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8043.html Sleeping out for the fresh air. Morning near the Saigon arroyo. Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8059.html Evening on the Saigon arroyo. Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8060.html Even far in the south, cultural chinese influence is obvious in this temple. Ha Tien, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8086.html Temple room containing funeral urns with ashes of the deceased. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10180.html Buddhist funeral ceremony. White is color for mourning, Xa Loi pagoda, district 3. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8092.html The great Cao Dai temple, with oriental and occidental features. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8098.html The Cao Dai religion most noteworthy symbol is the all seeing eye. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8095.html Cao Dai eye, detail of the great temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8096.html Globe with Cao Dai eye inside the great temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8097.html Cao Dai saints: Chinese revolutionary leader Sen, French poet Hugo, and vietnamese poet Nguyen Binh Khiem. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8099.html The noon ceremony, attended by priests inside the great Cao Dai temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8100.html The noon ceremony, attended by priests inside the great Cao Dai temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8101.html Traditional musicians during the noon ceremony. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8102.html The noon ceremony, attended by priests inside the great Cao Dai temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8103.html Tay Anh pagoda. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8104.html Mosque in Cham minority village.. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8107.html Ceremony in mosque in Cham minority village. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8108.html Mosque in Cham minority village. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8109.html Fishing village with huts made of banana leaves. Hong Chong Peninsula, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8121.html Children pear through a traditional hut. Hong Chong Peninsula, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8122.html Flotting bridge. Ha Tien, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8124.html Bamboo bridge (called monkey bridge) near Phung Hiep. Can Tho, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8135.html Bamboo bridge near Long Xuyen. Mekong Delta, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8136.html Housing at the edge of the canal, Phung Hiep. Can Tho, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8137.html Floating houses, Lake Langa. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8140.html Floating houses on the Hau Gian river. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8143.html Floating houses. They double as fish reservoirs. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8141.html Fish are hatched underneath the house. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8142.html Stilts houses and inundated rice fields. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8144.html Stilts houses line a road traversing inundated rice fields, seen from Sam mountain. Cambodia is in the far. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8145.html Stilts houses. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8146.html Pagoda set aside one of the many lakes. Da Lat, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8166.html Basque style villa of colonial period in the pine-covered hills. Da Lat, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8167.html The train station. Da Lat, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8168.html Gathering at the village store, in a minority village. Da Lat, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8172.html Fishing net, Nha Trang. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8176.html Cham towers, Po Klong Garai. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8179.html Ancient Cham Temples set in jungle. My Son, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8180.html Vegetation invades ruined Cham temple. My Son, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8181.html Archeological Cham site. My Son, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7995.html Altar and Buddha statue in a troglodyte sanctuary of the Marble Mountains. Da Nang, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8317.html Children in front of old house, Hoi An. Hoi An, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8186.html Old houses, Hoi An. Hoi An, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8188.html Old house, Hoi An. Hoi An, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8189.html Detail of a wooden facade, Hoi An. Hoi An, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7993.html Ngo Mon (noon) Gate illuminated at night. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7665.html Ngo Mon gate. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8194.html Thai Hoa (supreme peace) palace, citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8195.html Imperial library, citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8196.html Hall of the mandarins, citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8197.html Pavilion, citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8198.html Rush hour on the Trang Tien bridge. The numbers of cars is insignificant compared to Ho Chi Minh city. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8199.html Thien Mu pagoda. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8202.html Tu Duc mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8203.html Inside the shrine of Minh Mang mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8204.html Khai Dinh mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8205.html Khai Dinh tomb. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8206.html Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and national flag. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8207.html Ho Chi Minh museum. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8208.html School children visiting Ho Chi Minh museum. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7978.html Venerated Statues of medieval Vietnam emperors. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8210.html Quan Than pagoda. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8211.html Hoan Kiem (restored sword) lake. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8212.html School children at The Huc bridge, Hoan Kiem lake. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8213.html Stone Tablets engraved with laureate mandarin names, Temple of Literature.. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8214.html Gardens of the temple of Litterature. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7908.html Red columns and altar with phoenix, Temple of the Literature. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8215.html Traditional musical instruments for sale, old quarter. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8226.html French colonial area style opera house. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8230.html Opera House.. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7976.html Gates of the old city. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8231.html One of the numerous sanctuaries on the trail. Perfume Pagoda, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8238.html Temple and guardian. Perfume Pagoda, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8240.html Praying at an outdoor temple. Perfume Pagoda, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8241.html Catholic tombs set in rice field. Ninh Binh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8243.html Phat Diem cathedral, built in chinese architectural style. Ninh Binh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8244.html Interior of Phat Diem cathedral, built in chinese architectural style. Ninh Binh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8245.html Hoa Lu, medieval site of the early kingdom of Vietnam. Ninh Binh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8246.html Statue of a medieval king of Vietnam, Hoa Lu. Ninh Binh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8247.html Troglodyte sanctuary near Tam Coc. Ninh Binh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8253.html Hills of the Blue Country. Sapa, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8269.html Renovated city boulevards. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7948.html Students playing foot-only volley-ball in a school courtyard. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7946.html Reunification Palace, the former presidential palace of South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8324.html Notre-Dame Cathedral. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8325.html Crowds gather at the Cathedral St Joseph for Christmans. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7964.html Classic Citroen car in front of city museum. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8310.html Chicks for sale. Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7989.html Ritual chimney and incense coils, Cholon. Cholon, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8307.html Altar with a multiple-armed buddhist statue. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10181.html Woman praying at the altar. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10182.html Men worshipping in front of a large Buddha state, Xa Loi pagoda, district 3. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10183.html Kid in mourning dress at an outdoor altar, Xa Loi pagoda, district 3. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10185.html Incense stick and coils. Cholon, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10187.html Urn and incense. Cholon, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10188.html Altar dedicated to historic genies. Cholon, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10190.html Altar. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10191.html Eight-story tower of Vinh Ngiem pagoda, district 3. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10192.html Low profile exterior of the Giac Vien Pagoda, district 11. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10193.html Gallery outside Giac Vien Pagoda with svastikas, district 11. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet10195.html Newly-wed couple prays at the groom's ancestral altar. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7984.html Women in a home kitchen. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7967.html Interior of the Great Caodai Temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8312.html Priests and ornate columns inside the Great Caodai Temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8313.html Facade of the Great Caodai Temple. Tay Ninh, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8314.html Woman taking a break sitting on leaves used to build a hut. Hong Chong Peninsula, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7928.html Two kids in front of a hut. Hong Chong Peninsula, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7932.html Children peering from their waterfront house. Can Tho, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8305.html Bicylist in front of a mosque. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7971.html Architectural detail at the Lady Chua Xu temple. Chau Doc, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7956.html Facade detail of a Cao Dai temple. Ben Tre, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8301.html Flowers, fruit, and incense offered on a grave. Ben Tre, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7960.html The former French lycee Yersin. Da Lat, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7907.html Among the Cham towers of Po Klong Garai. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7973.html Monkey statue in the Japanese Bridge, Hoi An. Hoi An, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7994.html Ruined Champa towers. My Son, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7996.html Roofs detail of one of the sanctuaries on the Marble Mountains. Da Nang, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7974.html Temple, Marble Mountains. Da Nang, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7991.html Thien Mu Pagoda. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8318.html Main room of the temple inside the Minh Mang Mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7671.html Red doors of the shrine inside the Minh Mang Mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7669.html Red doors of the temple inside the Minh Mang Mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7670.html Pavilion inside the Minh Mang Mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7672.html Alley and pavilion inside the Minh Mang Mausoleum. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7673.html Art students drawing in the Temple of the Litterature. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7977.html Children playing, Hoan Kiem Lake. Hanoi, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet8321.html Bombed church ruins, Dong Hoi. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7642.html Bridge over the Ben Hai river, which used to mark the separation between South Vietnam and North Vietnam. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7643.html Altar in Tam Thanh Cave. Lang Son, Northest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7682.html Border crossing into China at Dong Dang. Lang Son, Northest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7692.html Rice terraces. Northeast Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7711.html Rural home, terraced cultures, and karstic peaks, Ma Phuoc Pass area. Northeast Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7713.html Family outside their home. Northeast Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7726.html Elderly woman weaving in her home. Northeast Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7727.html Elderly woman sewing on her doorstep as kids look up. Northeast Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7728.html Two thai women at the window of their stilt house, Ban Lac village. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7778.html Two thai women standing in front of their stilt house, Ban Lac village. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7779.html Stilt houses with thatched roofs of Ban Lac village. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7781.html Old woman at her window, Ban Lac. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7782.html Stilt house detail, in a village near Son La. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7799.html Elderly Montagnard man wearing the French beret on his porch, near Son La. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7800.html Woman drying laundry in a montagnard village near Son La. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7801.html Thai women walk in a town market, near Son La. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7803.html Door of the infamous colonial prison, Son La. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7812.html Ruins of the colonia prison cells, Son La. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7814.html Door of the colonial jail where many political opponents were imprisoned, Son La. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7815.html Thai woman riding a water buffalo across a pond near a village, near Tuan Giao. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7830.html Plowing the fields with a water buffalo, near Tuan Giao. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7831.html Plowing the fields with a water buffalo close to a hut, near Tuan Giao. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7835.html Plowing a field with a water buffalo close to a hut, near Tuan Giao. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7836.html Woman plows a field close to a hut, near Tuan Giao. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7837.html Thai woman pushing her bicycle across a bridge, Tuan Giao. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7842.html Detail of hut with montagnard dress being dried, between Tuan Giao and Lai Chau. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7864.html Montagnard child carries logs out of her house, between Tuan Giao and Lai Chau. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7865.html Two children in a stilt house, between Lai Chau and Tam Duong. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7879.html Woman in front of her hut and family on stilt house, between Lai Chau and Tam Duong. Northwest Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7844.html Traveler on a hotel balcony, looking at the Hoang Lien Mountains. Sapa, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7892.html French church, Sapa. Sapa, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7902.html The Vietnamese side of the border crossing at Lao Cai. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7905.html The Chinese side of the border crossing at Lao Cai. Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet7906.html Crowds gather in front of the Cathedral St Joseph for Christmans. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11010.html Christmas mass, Cathedral St Joseph. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11011.html Christmas night mass, Cathedral St Joseph. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11013.html Women on motorbike in front of St Joseph Cathedral on Christmas eve. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11015.html Child with christmas hat in front of St Joseph Cathedral on Christmas eve. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11014.html Plumeria tree, lotus pond, Thai Hoa palace (palace of supreme peace), citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11531.html Pagoda gate with woman standing near lake. Da Lat, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11096.html Plumeria trees, Ngo Mon Gate (Moon Gate), Hue citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11537.html Imperial library and pond, citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11533.html Gate, Hue citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11536.html Interior of Hall of the Mandarins, Hue citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11535.html Imperial library at dusk, citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11532.html Building amongst gardens, Hue citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11534.html Palm trees and gate, Hue citadel. Hue, Vietnam http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/picture.viet11538.html