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Rice Farmer

Friday, May 27th, 2011

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Saigon: One of the World’s Busiest Ports

Friday, December 24th, 2010

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Source: Maurer, P. (red.), First Logistical Command Magazine, Long Binh, Vietnam, 1968, via: http://www.allanfurtado.com/richmorawafirstlogmagazine.html.

Shophouses along the Tau Hu canal

Friday, December 17th, 2010

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Grand Picanon

Friday, December 10th, 2010

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A canal in the Mekong Delta is dredged by the ‘Grand Picanon’ in 1920.

New Port

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

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Shophouse in Cholon

Friday, November 19th, 2010

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Cholon Canal

Friday, November 12th, 2010

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Lo Gom Building

Friday, October 29th, 2010

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© Photo by Wytske van Keulen.

Mangrove Forest

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

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Saigon River Skyline

Friday, October 15th, 2010

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© Photo by Wytske van Keulen.

Ben Nghe Canal

Friday, October 8th, 2010

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© Photo by Wytske van Keulen.

Rotterdam Climate Delta Conference

Friday, October 1st, 2010

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Dam

Friday, September 17th, 2010

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The flood control dam in Ben Tre Province, Mekong Delta.

Carel Weeber in HCM City

Friday, September 10th, 2010

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I wrote a letter to (ex-) architect Carel Weeber and asked him about his experiences in Vietnam during the war. He replied and told me that he made a lot of hand drawns on postcards. One of them is made in 1977 during his stay in HCM City.

Engraving Saigon Harbour in 1860

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

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