DRV Youth in the Early 1960s
I came across these pictures form the cover of the magazine Viet Nam from the early 1960s. That magazine was published in English by the North Vietnamese government as a…
Representing Minorities in North Vietnam
These are some images from the early 1960s from the North Vietnamese magazine Viet Nam. The above pictures seem to represent the happy and idyllic traditional lifestyle of minority peoples.…
Competing Representations of the Nation in 1970s Vietnam
In the 20th century, the governments of many countries produced glossy magazines in foreign languages which were used to promote the nation’s image overseas. Recently I was looking at two…
Malaysian Panorama
In the second half of the twentieth century, many nations around the globe promoted themselves through pictorial magazines. I don't know of any academic study of these works, but I…
Happy Women and Determined Men in Late 1970s Vietnam
There was something about building Socialism which brought out the best in people. . . at least when they were photographed for official publications. These are some great period images…
A Friendly Visit to Democratic Kampuchea
Yes, you read that title correctly. . . I'm posting here the text of an article which I found in the Vietnamese magazine "Vietnam" from 1976. It is an article…
“Kampuchea, Splendid Victory”
"Kampuchea, Splendid Victory" is the name of an article which I came across from 1979 in the magazine "Vietnam." In fact, articles and pictures about post-invasion Cambodia appear in a…
Representing Minorities in Late-1970s Vietnam
I was looking at a pictorial magazine called "Vietnam." Has anyone studied these types of magazines before? I think people have studied magazines like "Life," but in the Socialist world there…