Saigon Gallery

Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc (1897-1963) committing self-immolation at an intersection in Saigon, South Vietnam, in protest against the anti-Buddhist measures of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his treatment of protestors, 11 June 1963. Photographed by Malcolm Browne

BUDDHIST CRISIS, 1963.
Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc (1897-1963) committing self-immolation at an intersection in Saigon, South Vietnam, in protest against the anti-Buddhist measures of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his treatment of protestors, 11 June 1963. Photographed by Malcolm Browne

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Saigon, Vietnam - The Hotel des Postes (Central Post Office)

Saigon, Vietnam - The Hotel des Postes (Central Post Office) - designed by Architect Marie-Alfred Foulhoux (1840-1892). Date: circa 1910s

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Vietnam - Musicians - Saigon

Vietnam - Musicians - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Two men with their Dan Tranh, a plucked Zither (similar to the Chinese guzheng , the Japanese koto, the Korean kayagum and the Mongolia Yatga) and two young boys seated with round squat drums. Date: circa 1911

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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