Vietnam: Looking Back, Moving Ahead

Shop staff in traditional Vietnamese ao dais wait on well-heeled customers in western clothing at a French-Vietnamese jewelry shop in Hanoi
JULIAN WAINWRIGHT FOR TIME

Shop staff in traditional Vietnamese ao dais wait on well-heeled customers in western clothing at a French-Vietnamese jewelry shop in Hanoi

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