VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2000. A mischievous waitress makes her own contribution to depicting the recent history of her country.

VIET NAM. 2000. Ancient cyclos still play their part rescuing modern status symbols.

VIET NAM. 2000. Advertising equates joy and happiness with products and services - a connection that is not always so apparent.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2000. Beggars on the city streets.

VIET NAM. Cu Chi. 2000. A statue at the entrance of a cemetery depicting Wilfred Burchett, the Australian journalist visiting liberated areas during the war.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2000. History Museum. School children chat beneath a SAM missle.

VIET NAM. 2000. By the year 2000, the 25th anniversary of the end of the war, celebrations had a flavour commensurate with the realities of the new Viet Nam. The famous tank, number 843, that symbolised the moment of victory by crashing through the gates of the presidential palace, was replaced by a Japanese 4x4 wrapped in a cardboard replica.

VIET NAM. 2000. By the year 2000, the 25th anniversary of the end of the war, celebrations had a flavour commensurate with the realities of the new Viet Nam. The famous tank, number 843, that symbolised the moment of victory by crashing through the gates of the presidential palace, was replaced by a Japanese 4x4 wrapped in a cardboard replica accompanied by workers holding aloft their company emblems.

VIET NAM. 2000. The youth of the new Viet Nam spend much of their time hanging out on the streets.

VIET NAM. 2000. The youth of the new Viet Nam spend much of their time hanging out on the streets.

VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. 2000. Street scene complete with the inevitable amputee amongst the crowd.