Remarkable photos of colonial-era Vietnam
These fascinating images of colonial-era Vietnam were collected in the book “Deep Indochina” (L’Indochine Profonde) by J. P. Dannaud, published in 1962.
A bustling street scene in Hà Nội, the capital of Vietnam, during the colonial era.
This photo shows that at one point Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hà Nội had two bridges leading to Ngọc Sơn Temple. The bridge on the left is the Thê Húc Bridge; the smaller one on the right was roughly built from bamboo stems.
A teeth-filing service right on the sidewalk.
A roadside gambling mat. Western playing cards were introduced to Vietnam from France.
Fortune-telling outside a đình, a Vietnamese village communal house.
Children practicing boxing. This sport was also brought to Vietnam from France.
A street vendor carrying phở on a shoulder pole.
A farmer laden with gear heading out to catch fish and shrimp with a push net.
A boat-racing festival in Nam Bộ, southern Vietnam.
The flood season in the Mekong River basin.
Earthenware jars used to hold fish sauce, stacked high in a province of Nam Kỳ (Cochinchina, southern Vietnam).
A girl from a noble H’Mông family in the northern mountains.
Rare photos of old Hanoi through the lens of a French photographer
Rare photos of Hanoi in 1890–1895 from an album by Raphaël Moreau, a French photographer based in colonial-era Hanoi.
The oldest known photographs of Hải Phòng
Photos of Hải Phòng from 1888, printed in an old French book, are believed to be the oldest known images of the northern Vietnamese port city.
