Showing posts with the label Vietnam

How a Solar Storm Set Off Sea Mines During The Vietnam War

Jun 17, 2021

Buried deep within the archives of the US Navy, lied a mystery that was only recently solved. On August 4, 1972, dozens of naval mines that ...

Slovak Radio Building: The Inverted Pyramid

Jan 11, 2020

Some call it ugly. Others defend it for its architectural features. Whichever faction you side with, you can’t deny that it is an exceptiona...

The Australian Floating Hotel That Ended Up in North Korea

Dec 24, 2019

For little more than a year in the late 1980s, a seven-story five-star hotel floated over John Brewer Reef, about 70 km off the coast of Tow...

Hanoi’s Motorcycle Deliveries

Apr 30, 2019

Two-wheelers are the most popular mode of transport in Vietnam, especially in big and dense cities such as Hanoi. Motorbikes and scooters s...

The Wrecked Bomber of Huu Tiep Lake

Oct 5, 2016

On the night of December 27, 1972, a US bomber B-52 was knocked out of the sky during a bombing raid on Hanoi, Vietnam. A part of the wrecka...

Vietnamese Water Puppet Shows

Aug 11, 2016

For centuries, Vietnamese kids and grown-ups alike have been entertained by a unique kind of puppet show —one that is performed on water. Th...

Floating Markets of Southeast Asia

Apr 26, 2016

Floating markets, where goods are sold from boats, are a trademark attraction among the Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesi...

Unseen Pictures of The Vietnam War From The Other Side

Feb 8, 2016

What the western world remembers about the Vietnam War is defined by a handful of iconic photographs taken through the lenses of American an...

Aerial View of Hang Son Doong: The world's largest cave

Mar 14, 2015

Hang Son Doong is a cave in Vietnam, located near the Laos–Vietnam border, that is currently the biggest known cave in the world. Inside is ...

The Backyard Trains of Hanoi

Jun 6, 2014

The Old Quarter in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi is a bustling area of small, narrow streets packed with hundreds of buildings with charming ...

Incredible Long Exposure Photos Reveal the Intense Battle During the Vietnam War

Jun 22, 2013

James Speed Hensinger, a Vietnam War veteran, has released a set of incredible night-time photographs he took of American troops opening fir...

Karst Mountains And Paddy Fields of Tam Coc, Vietnam

May 9, 2013

Tam Coc is located about 90 km from the city of Ninh Binh, and is considered one of Vietnam's most spectacular sights. Tam Coc means “th...

The Underground Tunnels of Cu Chi, Vietnam

Jul 12, 2012

During the war in Vietnam, thousands of people in the Vietnamese province of Cu Chi lived in an elaborate network of underground tunnels. Th...

Floating Villages Near Cat Ba Island, Vietnam

Feb 12, 2012

Cat Ba Island is the largest of the 366 islands that comprises the Halong Bay archipelago in Northern Vietnam and the only one that hosts a ...

Son Doong, The World’s Largest Cave

Jan 1, 2011

Hang Son Doong cave, sometimes called simply Son Doong, is a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam, that is believed to be the la...