Articles

Japanese City Puts Name on Sale to Pay Off Debt
The mayor of a broke Japanese city is taking a page from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to deal with his community's debt.

High Times: Chill Out at the Summit of Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam's upwardly mobile have found an appropriately lofty new hangout in Chill, a sleek sky bar and restaurant on the 26th and 27th floors of Ho Chi Minh...
Ho Chi Minh's Trail
In February 1941, a Vietnamese revolutionary carrying papers identifying him as a Chinese journalist named Ho Chi Minh trudged past a small stone pillar in the...
Vietnam Visions
Editor's Note: The following article was published in TIME on December 1, 1997. We thought we would dust it off for our online readers after hearing that Three...

Ho Chi Minh City's Secret Noodle Shop
At first glance, pho binh resembles many eateries in Ho Chi Minh City, with its tables lined against bare walls and chef doling out pho bo, the Vietnamese...
Photo Essays

Road to Riches
A journey down Vietnam'''s new Ho Chi Minh Highway shows a countryside slowly coming to grips with reform


