Hanoi Sojourn: An Opera House Reborn

Hanoi Sojourn: An Opera House Reborn

She would not be the first one to admit it, but, perhaps what drew Louise Buhler to the Hanoi Opera House was the unique space it created, which was at once both architecturally charming, yet ghostly and timeless. Like the opera house…

Un passage au Vietnam

Water Buffalo on a country road outside Hanoi

En novembre 1997, je suis revenue à Hanoi dans le cadre du Sommet de la Francophonie, en devoir temporaire pour la troisième fois. La première fois fut en 1992 quand j’accompagnai le ministre Michael Wilson en tant qu’agent du Bureau du protocole.…

Ho Ho Ho in Hanoi

Ho Ho Ho in Hanoi

Your card, which is certainly one of the most welcome I have received, arrived in yesterday’s bag. I had not forgotten that I had promised you a report on Hanoi, and thought that a sort of report-cum-Christmas card would interest you.

The Search for F-BELV

A Boeing 307 — sister to F-BELV.

The four-engine Stratoliner was incongruous as it lumbered to the end of the runway at Wattay Airport, Vientiane on Monday, October 18, 1965. Around it were modern machines of war, mostly from the United States, though echoes of France were still to…

VIET NAM: Meeting Foreign Policy and Development Objectives

VIET NAM: Meeting Foreign Policy and Development Objectives

It was the last day of the CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) Planning Mission to Viet Nam and so we decided to enjoy our final hours in Hanoi, a once-French colonial city now slightly worse for war and wear. Rosalind knew of…

Impressions of Perestroika, Vietnamese Style

Impressions of Perestroika, Vietnamese Style

From April 27 to May 12 a delegation of 12 Canadian academics visited Vietnam to examine conditions and prospects with a view to compiling a book on Vietnam in the 1990’s: Canadian Perspectives. They also had talks in Bangkok, Thailand before and…