vietnam

An introduction to Vietnam, providing information on the country's geography, history, culture, landmarks, wildlife, people, politics, and more, with maps, graphs, and a time line.

Mai travels to Vietnam, the land of her mother's birth, to discover both a new country and something about herself.

Portrays three women fighting to maintain their dignity in a society that expects ever greater sacrifices from them.

Shunned and mistreated because of her mixed heritage and determined to avoid an arranged marriage, seventeen-year-old Loi runs away to Ho Chi Minh City with the hope that she and the boy she loves will be able to go to the United States to find her American father.

Reporter Morley Safer returns to Vietnam to explore the battleground, and provides an account of the Vietnam conflict and its lingering effects.

An account of the war in Vietnam combining secret documents, interviews, and the author's own experience.

Discusses peasant society, French colonial rule, Confucianism, and the impact of modernization to show the problems of southern Vietnam.

A color-illustrated overview of Vietnam that covers its land, climate, culture, economy, and history and includes a section on Vietnamese Americans and a guide to related links on the book's companion Web site.