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A Green Breakthrough and Red River Diaries - before and after the rebrand of Word Vietnam. Photos by Aaron Joel Santos

A news story for Guardian on the changes in state school education in Vietnam

In a flower field terrace on the peaks of Vietnam’s Ha Giang province - the frontier lands before China

Something we decided not to publish. An interview with a national hero, Pham Tuan - Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo by Justin Mott

From Word Ha Noi magazine - stories from a changing city; the 103 year old. Photo by Aaron Joel Santos

In Ha Giang, on the China border of Vietnam. The final frontier. This is a Hmong lady. She doesn’t speak Vietnamese but understands about as much as me — very little. She doesn’t seem to know her age (she said khong biet — I don’t know — rather than khong hieu — I don’t understand) but has more than likely stood at this hill top chewing grass for most of her life. I would love to know what she thinks about. From interviews we’ve done up here before, rice and corn is probably a regular topic, and whether or not she will have enough to feed her family. Read the Ha Giang cover story from April’s The Word Ha Noi here. 

Hanoi: a place where new meets old at every glance

Party girls - Hanoi