The Vietnamese Narrative with Nhan Phan

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The Vietnamese Narrative with Nhan Phan

The Vietnamese Narrative: A Collection of Photographs is available here! https://issuu.com/nhan.phan/docs/viet_narrative_photobook. Follow me as I travel around Vietnam to record stories of historical relics in Vietnamese history and discover how they contributed to the Vietnamese narrative as well as what they reveal about the nature of change within the country. The stories of the past that those relics can offer can tell us a great deal about how far the Vietnamese story had evolved after the war. Join me to discover a heritage-rich side of Vietnam that’s not commonly discovered to both locals and tourists alike.

  1. 09/06/2022

    Episode 13: Conclusion - The Main Lessons

    After two months in production, 6 cities, and over 3,850km, my summer adventure is coming to an end. It would only be fitting to write this conclusion episode to sum up the takeaways I gathered from my summer experience. In this final episode, I will be discussing three main themes that I have noticed throughout my summer adventure: the fluidity of “change,” the role that Vietnamese history has in the formation of national ideology, and the displacement of ideals and its bigger implication on...

    13 min
  2. Episode 12: Saigon 2 - Ben Thanh Market and the Role of the "Marketplace"

    09/02/2022

    Episode 12: Saigon 2 - Ben Thanh Market and the Role of the "Marketplace"

    In this episode, we will explore the history of Ben Thanh Market, what its function is, as well as the perception of the market from the people who work within them. As this is one of the last episodes, I will examine, from the perspective of a Viet native, what really is the definition of a “marketplace.” Throughout my summer adventure, I have had the chance to visit many different markets around the country; all of them are unique in their own way but all of them, when looked at together, s...

    24 min
  3. Episode 11: Hanoi - The Evolution of Northern Cuisine

    09/02/2022

    Episode 11: Hanoi - The Evolution of Northern Cuisine

    On this third and final episode in the North of Vietnam, I headed back from my multi-day adventure in Sapa and Lao Cai to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. I embarked on a cuisinal journey to explore the essence of Northern Vietnamese through food. In this episode, we will explore different famous eateries and dishes in Hanoi and how the evolution of Northern cuisine can reveal a bigger picture about the Vietnamese Narrative. The evolution of Northern Vietnamese food, how it is a mixture of adop...

    29 min
  4. Episode 10: Sapa 2 - Tribal Lives and Tribal Circumstances

    08/30/2022

    Episode 10: Sapa 2 - Tribal Lives and Tribal Circumstances

    On my third day in Sapa, I decided to take a walk around Ta Phin village to take in the scenery in the area. A side road extends off the boulevard, which leads into the village and points towards Suoi Ho, an adjacent town. I decided to walk down that path and see where it leads. Walking past a traditional Dao house, I met two Dao women that were walking in the same direction as I was. During our three-hour walk to Suoi Ho, they provided me with insight into what tribal village culture in the ...

    22 min
  5. Episode 9: Sapa 1 - A Descriptive Introduction

    08/30/2022

    Episode 9: Sapa 1 - A Descriptive Introduction

    I returned from my trip to Buon Me Thuot where I had a couple of days to prepare for my last trip of the summer: a two-week long excursion up North to Sapa and Hanoi. This two-week trip would prove to be the adventure of a lifetime anyone could ever ask for. Hanoi, the historic capital of Vietnam, is known for its rustic Northern cuisine as well as old temples, monuments, as well as ancient lakes. Sapa, the picturesque small town near Lao Cai and the border with China, is known for its stairc...

    24 min
  6. Episode 8: Buon Me Thuot 2 - Stilt House Culture and Urbanization

    08/17/2022

    Episode 8: Buon Me Thuot 2 - Stilt House Culture and Urbanization

    I went to three villages, or Buôn as they are called in Vietnamese in Buon Me Thuot: Buôn Buôr, Buôn Kuốp, and Buôn Akô Đhông. Three of these villages are all within the same central Vietnamese area and are all in Dak Lak province. However, three of these villages are all fundamentally different. Over this episode, I summed up what I found out about all three villages and I noticed how they are all different as well as a trend that links them up. The comparisons of these three villages ...

    27 min
  7. Episode 7: Buon Me Thuot 1 - The Exile House

    08/17/2022

    Episode 7: Buon Me Thuot 1 - The Exile House

    The Buon Me Thuot Exile house was built by the French government from 1930-1931 to isolate, quarantine, and imprison political figures including leaders of the Xo Viet Nghe Tinh revolution as well as liberationists. The French government had to build the Exile House in the middle of the city to publicly and ruthlessly punish the revolution leaders. To many locals and Vietnamese natives alike, this important historical site is a reminder of how far Vietnam has come after over 30 years of const...

    16 min
  8. Episode 6: Saigon 1 - The Saigon Post Office

    08/10/2022

    Episode 6: Saigon 1 - The Saigon Post Office

    The Saigon Post Office is one of the most famous building works in Saigon, carrying significant historical meaning and evidence of the development of Saigon urban society into Western models of urbanity (more specifically French). The repurposed post office reflects the intersectionality in the ways Saigoneers reflect the change in the city and is indicative of the change within the Vietnamese narrative. The post office seemingly lies within the intersection between “the old ways” versus “the...

    19 min
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The Vietnamese Narrative: A Collection of Photographs is available here! https://issuu.com/nhan.phan/docs/viet_narrative_photobook. Follow me as I travel around Vietnam to record stories of historical relics in Vietnamese history and discover how they contributed to the Vietnamese narrative as well as what they reveal about the nature of change within the country. The stories of the past that those relics can offer can tell us a great deal about how far the Vietnamese story had evolved after the war. Join me to discover a heritage-rich side of Vietnam that’s not commonly discovered to both locals and tourists alike.

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