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Publication: February 1991

General Note: A Journey to the Heart of Vietnam - Chris Brazier flies in to Hanoi and finds a country leaving both war and Communism behind

The Land of Vietnam - A map of the country and the route taken through it

Land in hand - A trip to the hills, Big Brother in the trees, momentous changes, Trials of a begetarian abroad, Where are the women?, An aid worker in action

Through the lense - A photographic view of Vietnam

After the typhoon - The poorest region, Ho Chi Minh's birthplace, Running scared of mosquito hordes, The terrible aftermath of a natural disaster, And the local hero who copes with it

Adventures in the flood - A typhoon at first hand, Abba and the Seventeenth Parallel, A storm and a teacup (with a dash of Dickens), How to say no to prostitutes (politely), A canoe through the floods

Vietnam - The Facts

War Stories - A desperate departure, A soldier remembers Cambodia, Ideologically unsound breakfast, The cost of choosing the wrong side, A survivor of My Lai

The American Dream - Saigon de-sleazed, The long arm of the US dollar, A council of the poor by the river, GIs' children leap in the dark, An impossible fantasy in the Mekong Delta

Simply ... a History of Vietnam

Coming to terms - Communists as capitalists, Geriatric leaders, Shadows of Tiananmen, War and peace, At the end of the journey Chris Brazier wonders what it all means - and sounds a note of warning

Letters
Letter from Tamil Nadu
Update
Endpiece
Reviews
Country Profile

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Citation: The New Internationalist, 999Serial47366. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Serial47366, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 999Serial47366, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive