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As a New Yorker who lived in Hanoi for three years, I have have -- as they say -- seen some things. Here are a few.

Some of the items were first prepared for an (anonymous) gossip column I wrote, with the enthusiastic contributions of many tipsters, for a business magazine which I co-founded in 1994  (and left after five years).

Everyday life in Vietnam is ruled by disparity, irony and secrets. For an expat, throw in the culture clash. Often tricky to convey in a straight business story. Tonkin Gossip helped.

Cheers,

Josh Levine



Around Town  
Traffic follies, monsoon life

Cuisine    
Main courses that crawl

Expat Life   
Negotiating with menace, Robert De Niro

Int'l Relations    
American spies, Vietnamese brides
and The French

Travel and Leisure  
Pirates, crooks and geeks

Foreign Influences     
Modern cinemas and New York taxis

Enterprising Spirit   
Hue antiquities, smuggling and
bribing newsmen

Joint Ventures    
Nike's "dildo scandal,"  ABB's
shocking stuffers

Politics    
Hun Sen clocked, pork barrel politics,
Party Organ classics

Articles by Me
Hope you find them interesting, insightful


Vietnam photos by Me
Street grinners, slouchers and a scary cop

Your Anecdotes
(New section -- add something!)

 


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