Phoenix Rising: Impressions of Vietnam

In this informative & very personal account of a journey from Ho Chi Minh City & the Mekong Delta to Hanoi & Halong Bay, Zoe Schramm-Evans delves behind the cliche ridden images of Vietnam, to discover a country poised on the brink of the most remarkable political & social change. On her journey she meets former Viet Cong fighters, students, journalists, civil servants, street children, prostitutes, entrepreneurs &, of course, fellow travellers. Throughout her travels she observes with humor, & occasional despair, the energy, the excitement, the struggles & the sometimes surreal juxtapositions of old & new, East & West, which are Vietnam.