VIETNAM. Da Nang. In 2004 the first American servicemen since the end of the war landed by ship in Da Nang. The first American troops sent to Viet Nam landed in Da Nang 40 years earlier. The circle was complete. The men rushed to the nearest bar where young girls entertained the men just as their mothers and grandmothers did before them. 2004.

VIETNAM. Minh Vin Gung, born in Long An Province in 1993 with no trace of eyes. It is likely that in Agent Orange the dioxin blocks the receptors in the developing foetus thus preventing the hormones that would normally instruct the cells to form eyes. 2004.

VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Girl affected by Agent orange born in May, 2000 and left at the Tu Du Hospital by her parents. She was never given a name. Her condition, craniofacial dysostosis, is a feature of Crouzon's syndrome. 2004.

VIETNAM. Nguyen Minh Phuc, a little girl born in Tay Ninh in November 1990. She is suffering from hydro-encephalitis, a typical result of Agent Orange poisoning, and is unlikely that she will see her sixth birthday. 2004.

VIETNAM. As the pace of life picks up in the new Viet Nam, people relax wherever they can. Traffic in Viet Nam is chaotic and 97% of vehicles are motorbikes that kill well over a 1,000 people a month.

VIET NAM. 2004. A father and son examine a Soviet SAM (Surface to Air Missle). The first success was in the summer of 1965. They eventually shot down 18 US B52 bombers and many of the other aircraft shot down over North Viet Nam.

VIET NAM. Ha Noi. 2004. Shop selling children's toys.

VIET NAM. 2004. NGUYEN Cong Thoan has been lying on his bed for 18 years, tended to by his father, NGUYEN Cong Su Son. They live in Vu Thu district in Thai Binh Province.

From his book VIET NAM at PEACE published by Trolley Books, 2005

From his book VIET NAM at PEACE published by Trolley Books, 2005

VIETNAM. NGUYEN Viet, was born in Gia Lai, Kontum, in February 1981 attached to his brother Duc. They were conjoined at the pelvis, with one anus, one penis, one urinary tract, one bladder, two kidneys, and three legs. They were eventually separated by a team of Japanese doctors. Viet is unfortunatley brain dead.

From his book VIET NAM at PEACE published by Trolley Books, 2005

VIET NAM. The Binh Trieu Reform school now, in 2004, renamed the Binh Trieu Educational Training Centre, houses 1,400 inmates. All are heroin addicts thanks to the "open borders" policy that allows easy access from Viet Nam's neighbors. There are now 18 such centers in Viet Nam treating 30,000 addicts.

VIET NAM. Pham Thi Thuy Linh, 11 years old, was born in Ho Chi Minh City with no arms and first learned to write using her feet. She has now graduated to mastering the computer keyboard. Her grandfather was an army officer in the former regime and worked on an aircraft that carried and dispersed Agent Orange during the war.

VIET NAM. Do Duc Duyen was born with two heads - one grew out of the top of the other. It was removed during an operation in Taipei in 1988.

VIET NAM. Da Nang. Timber from logging waiting to be shipped abroad on the dockside. Much of the timber comes from Cambodia and Laos and is illegally imported and exported by Viet Nam.

VIETNAM. Da Nang. The guided missle destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur flying the Stars and Stripes and the flag of Communist Viet Nam, as it docked in Da Nang.

VIETNAM. Da Nang. The captain of the guided missle destroyer, Commander John T. Lauer, exchanges salutes with his Vietnamese counterpart. The US Ambassador to Viet Nam, Raymond Burghardt, on the right, declared "After 40 years, this is the first US Navy ship to arrive in Da Nang in peace and friendship."

VIETNAM. Da Nang. Gangplank being placed to receive the first US servicemen to set foot in Da Nang since the war ended in 1975. Officers from Vietnam's Naval Region 3 Command were on hand to welcome the sailors and a bouquet of flowers was presented to the ship's Commander as he stepped onto a red carpet for the five-day visit.

VIETNAM. The sailors made a beeline for the nearest bar with the words of their Commander John T. Lauer ringing in their ears. He announced that his crew "is very thrilled to see Vietnamese people and culture."

VIETNAM. Da Nang. Like their fathers before them, returning sailors prepare to see the sights of Da Nang. Unlike the 3,500 Marines who arrived 39 years earlier, their intentions were friendly.

VIET NAM. Bui Quang Ky, 12 years old, during a hospital visit for a severe chest infection with his mother, Pham Thi Hoi. He has cerebal palsy and a very deformed body. His father, Bui Quang Hung, was a soldier with the NLF. The family lives in Quang Tri. She was sprayed and he believes he was affected by drinking water from local streams.

VIET NAM. On the banks of the Ben Hai river that was the geographical demarkation between the old North and South Viet Nam, hoardings promise a very different future for the impoverished war-torn area.