Hai Do
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Hai Do
@capehenlopen.bsky.social
Retired photographer, writer and editor.
Alum of Voice of America, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Gannett Newspapers, Agence France-Presse, and United Press International.
Family members live on the grounds of the Municipal Hospital of Gia Lai in Pleiku to care for loved ones. Inside, patients without money wait long hours and days to receive treatment from the overworked staff. One family took his body home for burial. (All photos taken by iPhone.)
March 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Not your father's Saigon anymore. There are new skyscrapers, pickleball, exotic cars, and TikTok dances in the new Ho Chi Minh City on Mar. 30, 2025.
March 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My Son Sanctuary is the site of a UNESCO Heritage Center in central Vietnam. Between the 4th and 13th centuries, the site was a religious and political center of the Champa Kingdom, which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism.
March 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Things to do in Hoi An on Mar. 23, 2025: boat ride on the river, posing for photos with lanterns in the old city, and visiting pottery village.
March 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A few scenes of life in Danang on March 23, 2025: an unforgettable basket boat ride on the Hoai River, a dragon sculpture in Cham museum, fishing vessels mooring on Danang beach, and a fisherman untangling his nets,
March 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A fire-breathing dragon at Dragon Bridge in Danang, Vietnam, on Mar. 22, 2025. The bridge over the Han River "breathes" fire and water on the weekend for hordes of tourists to the city.
March 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Good morning, Vietnam! A photo of bride and groom and the ubiquitous motorbikes on Mar. 21, 2025, as I'm on my way to meet my friend Hung Nguyenvanle for breakfast at the historic Continental Hotel.
March 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
VOA was the lifeline of news and information for me during the Vietnam War. Alas, the short-sighted people running our country have silenced it today.
Memories Are Fresh for Man Who Fled Vietnam 40 Years Ago
Hai Do was 17 years old when South Vietnam was overrun by the communist North; his family fled Saigon aboard a cargo vessel crammed with other refugees
www.voanews.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Are we watching tariff man driving stocks down in real-time so family members and associates can buy the dip?
March 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The impact can last for a long time!
What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy
The impact can linger not just for years but decades.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
During the Vietnam War, my family received canned food and bags of rice from USAID. In Afghanistan, my colleagues and I helped to educate Afghans in the school built by USAID. I know first-hand that it is not a “viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America.”
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NYT: Mona Lisa Will Move to Her Own Room at the Louvre.
January 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The polar vortex that affects most of the U.S. brings frigid weather to Delaware beaches with ice and snow on the Delaware Bay and the Rehoboth-Lewes Canal.
Ice on Delaware Bay
The polar vortex that affects most of the U.S. brings frigid weather to Delaware beaches with ice and snow on the Delaware Bay and the Rehoboth-Lewes Canal. Ice on Delaware Bay on Jan. 23, 2025. Ic…
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January 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM