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  • Replica of the Russian-designed T-54 tank no. 843 of the North Vietnamese Army 203rd Armoured Regiment, which on 30 April 1975 went crashing through the gates of the South Vietnamese presidential palace (in background), signalling the end of the war. Australian combat photographer Neil Davis famously captured that moment on film..Up until the end of the war the palace was called the Independence Palace--after Saigon fell, it was renamed the Reunification Palace..Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Tourists gather around an exhibition of photographs, most notably those taken from the film of Australian combat photographer Neil Davis, showing the  Russian-designed T-54 tank no. 843 of the North Vietnamese Army 203rd Armoured Regiment, crashing through the gates of the South Vietnamese presidential palace on 30 April 1975, signalling the end of the war. Reunification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Statue outside the Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. The theatre holds regular performances of traditional Vietnamese Water Puppets (Mua Roi Nuoc).
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  • Bust of Ho Chi Minh, with Vietnamese Star. Reunification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Gateway to lane, showing international Communist Party hammer and sickle and Vietnamese flag. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • A woman turns her friend's face towards the camera for a photograph. The women are cooking the ever-popular "banh khot" (a small Vietnamese pancake), specialty of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and especially of Vung Tau City. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Group of expatriate Australians with a group of Vietnamese orphans at the seaside. Bai Truoc (Front Beach, aka Tam Duong beach or Hang Dua bay), Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • 7 year old child playing the Dan Nhi (aka Dan Co), a traditional Vietnamese 2-stringed violin. My Tho, Ben Tre province, Vietnam
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  • 10 year old child dressed in clothing as worn by the long-departed Vietnamese royal family. Da Lat, Vietnam
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  • Ca phe sua da, literally "coffee milk ice", is a unique Vietnamese recipe. Here the hot coffee is dripping through the metal drip filter (ca phe phin) onto condensed milk. The coffee and milk will then be mixed and poured into the glass of ice. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Two wood-burning stoves set up in an open-air restaurant, to make the ever-popular "banh khot" (a small Vietnamese pancake), specialty of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and especially of Vung Tau City. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • 7 year old child dressed in clothing as worn by the long-departed Vietnamese royal family. Da Lat, Vietnam
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  • A member of the audience takes a photograph of a traditional Vietnamese Water Puppet (Mua Roi Nuoc) performance in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Viet Nam
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  • A young Vietnamese Army cadet flashes a smile and peace signs. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Two-storey timber house on banks of the Mekong River.<br />
Vietnam.
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  • Street vendor cooking and selling a variety of food, including corn, bread buns, sweet potatoes and small shellfish. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Statue of Mary with Christ taken down from the cross, with "Christ of Vung Tau" in background. "Christ of Vung Tau" is a statue of Jesus standing on Nui Nho (Tao Phung, or Little Mountain), in Vung Tau. Built between 1974 and 1993, it is 32 metres (105 ft) high, standing on a 4 metre (13 ft) high platform, for a 36 metre (118 ft) total monument height, with two outstretched arms spanning 18.3 metres (60 ft). There is a 133-step staircase inside the statue leading to observation points on both shoulders. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Face of "Christ of Vung Tau" overlooking the South China Sea. "Christ of Vung Tau" is a statue of Jesus standing on Nui Nho (Tao Phung, or Little Mountain), in Vung Tau. Built between 1974 and 1993, it is 32 metres (105 ft) high, standing on a 4 metre (13 ft) high platform, for a 36 metre (118 ft) total monument height, with two outstretched arms spanning 18.3 metres (60 ft). There is a 133-step staircase inside the statue leading to observation points on both shoulders. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Face of "Christ of Vung Tau" overlooking Hon Ba Island and the South China Sea beyond. "Christ of Vung Tau" is a statue of Jesus standing on Nui Nho (Tao Phung, or Little Mountain), in Vung Tau. Built between 1974 and 1993, it is 32 metres (105 ft) high, standing on a 4 metre (13 ft) high platform, for a 36 metre (118 ft) total monument height, with two outstretched arms spanning 18.3 metres (60 ft). There is a 133-step staircase inside the statue leading to observation points on both shoulders. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Young girl with her hair made up and in her best clothes, riding behind her Mother on a motorbike. Mekong River in Cai Be, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam
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  • Two village dogs. Mekong River in Cai Be, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam
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  • Elderly man on bicycle.  Mekong River in Cai Be, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam
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  • A young female Police trainee giving the V-for-Victory sign so commonly used in Vietnam. Tay Ninh, Vietnam
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  • Public transport in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Street corner in late afternoon light. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Street vendor adjusting her wares outside the Saigon Central Post Office (Buu Dien Truong Tam). The Post Office was designed and built (1886--1891) by Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel Tower. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Young girl holding up plastic bag of frogs, froglets and tadpoles she caught in a pond in Cong Vien Van Hoa Park, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Viet Nam.
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  • A street sweeper at work, with traffic rushing past. Beautifully restored French colonial-era opera house in background.<br />
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • MONOCHROME<br />
Two elderly ladies at their market stall.<br />
Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Mosaic dragon-scales made up of hundres of pieces of broken crockery. Linh Son Pagoda, Da Lat, Vietnam
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  • Woman selling bread beneath a bare light globe. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Woman on bicycle wearing traditional conical hat (Non La). Mekong River in Cai Be, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam
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  • Funeral bus, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Detail of typical brick and mortar wall in Vietnam
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  • A woman on a bicycle casually pedals through busy night-time traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Man selling flowers from roadside stall, with western family walking past.<br />
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • 10 year old child looking up from base of staircase, "Jesus of Vung Tau". "Christ of Vung Tau" is a statue of Jesus standing on Nui Nho (Tao Phung, or Little Mountain), in Vung Tau. Built between 1974 and 1993, it is 32 metres (105 ft) high, standing on a 4 metre (13 ft) high platform, for a 36 metre (118 ft) total monument height, with two outstretched arms spanning 18.3 metres (60 ft). There is a 133-step staircase inside the statue leading to observation points on both shoulders. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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  • Massive wooden pillars of the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs, bearing the words of the Vietnamese poet Bao Dinh Giang..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Woman preparing rice-paper in traditional method. The wet rice-paper sheets are placed on woven bamboo frames which are then placed in the sun to dry..Rice-paper is used in many traditional Vietnamese dishes, especially Vietnamese spring rolls. Rice-paper is also cut into strips and becomes rice-noodles. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Detail of one of the wooden pillars of the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs, bearing the words of the Vietnamese poet Bao Dinh Giang..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Large potted cycad on avenue leading to the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Cryptic graffiti on US Army Helicopter captured during Vietnam War (called the American War by the Vietnamese). War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Truc Lam (Bamboo Forest) Zen Monastery (Thien vien Truc Lam). This is one of the largest Zen Meditation centres in Vietnam. The complex was completed in 1994 with the aim of giving new life to the Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect, a uniquely Vietnamese form of Zen founded during the Tran dynasty (A.D.1225-1400). Da Lat, Vietnam
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  • Truc Lam (Bamboo Forest) Zen Monastery (Thien vien Truc Lam), one of the largest Zen Meditation centres in Vietnam. The complex was completed in 1994 with the aim of giving new life to the Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect, a uniquely Vietnamese form of Zen founded during the Tran dynasty (A.D.1225-1400). Da Lat, Vietnam
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  • 16 meter high, 243 ton granite monument to the enduring spirit of Vietnam and her people, in the grounds of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs. The central feature is a teardrop, symbolizing the loss and grief of many generations of Vietnam people who fought to maintain their country. The remainder symbolises a lotus flower caressed by hands, invoking the lines of a popular Vietnamese folk song. .On the body of the monument there are carvings of Vietnam historical events from the time of the country's establishment by King Hung Vuong to Independence Day, April 30th, 1975. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Palm fronds in front of a 16 meter high, 243 ton granite monument to the enduring spirit of Vietnam and her people, in the grounds of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs. The central feature is a teardrop, symbolizing the loss and grief of many generations of Vietnam people who fought to maintain their country. The remainder symbolises a lotus flower caressed by hands, invoking the lines of a popular Vietnamese folk song. .On the body of the monument there are carvings of Vietnam historical events from the time of the country's establishment by King Hung Vuong to Independence Day, April 30th, 1975. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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