Statement of Intent - ARPS Vietnam Travel Panel

With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world. Yet to most people in the west it remains unknown, linked in their minds only to the bitter war that ended in 1975. Since instituting economic and political reform in 1986, its economic growth has been among the highest in the world.

These pictures give a flavour of the country and its people: from the rice fields to the cities, from the schools to the restaurants. A mosaic of the people and aspects of their environment. - Nigel Plant ARPS