This building, the former French Governor-General's residence in central Hanoi, Vietnam is now the Presidential Palace and or Guesthouse.

This is an early morning view of the Huc bridge that leads to the Den Ngoc Son Temple on the edge of Hoan Kiem Lake in central Hanoi, Vietnam. This bridge is known as the "place where morning sunlight rests" as can be seen in this image. The temple was founded in the 14th century, but the buildings currently on the island date to the 18th century.

This temple is in central Hanoi, Vietnam near the now closed Catholic Cathedral.

Every morning along Hoan Kiem Lake in central Hanoi, Vietnam, groups of men and women come out to practice Tai Chi, play badminton, or otherwise exercise. This group is being directed by a woman who plays music on a boom-box.

The Sunday market at Bac Ha is one of the most colorful events in the entire country of Vietnam, and photos of this event show up in most guide books about Vietnam. There are several different ethnic Hmong groups, but at the Bac Ha market, the Flower Hmong, the group to which these two women belong, predominate in this part of Lao Cai province.

At the colorful Bac Ha market in northern Vietnam, this young Flower Hmong child is being carried on his mother's back while she shops at the Saturday market.

This young Red Hmong child was sitting on a wall near the market in the northern Vietnam town of Sa Pa, an area know for its large population of ethnic tribal groups.

This Red Hmong woman was shopping in the market in Sa Pa in northern Vietnam when I caught her attention. The women in this ethnic group shave their eyebrows upon marrying.

This young child attends a very small school in the mountains of Lai Chau province in northern Vietnam. The Hmong people constitute the largest non-Viet peoples in Vietnam.

The Tay ethnic group is one of the many ethnic minority groups that populated the mountainous northern part of Vietnam. The Tay dress in a more restrained color palate than the Hmong who predominate in northern Vietnam.