Gia Lâm #Hanoi - #Vietnam

Đường Đa Tốn #Hanoi - #Vietnam

Billiard Hall Long Biên - #Hanoi #Vietnam

Gia Lâm - #Hanoi #Vietnam

Time for your annual reminder that the atrocious, unprecedented pre-Tết traffic you're seeing in Hanoi has been (for twenty years, at least) a reliable preview of *routine* traffic 3-4 years hence.

Repair / Secondhand Goods Shop Long Biên - #Hanoi #Vietnam

Cửu Việt #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Long Biên alleyway. #Hanoi - #Vietnam

Văn Giang alleyway. Hưng Yên - #Vietnam

Billiard hall. Cửu Việt - #Hanoi #Vietnam

Street vendor on a cold night Long Biên - #Hanoi #Vietnam

Music Cafe Long Biên - #Hanoi #Vietnam

I just reposted this old essay—originally published in July, 2025 by the Shanghai Literary Review—on the Substack with an added section featuring some of Richard West's observations of the zoo from 1966/1967 plus a brief anecdote from Michael Herr’s Dispatches. connla.substack.com/p/one-day-at...

Street Vendor Bắc Cầu - #Hanoi #Vietnam

Life goals. #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Corner Store Bắc Cầu, #Hanoi #Vietnam

I've spent the last twenty years wondering, "Is today finally the day there is a general strike in the U.S.?" The reasons are too many to count. Maximum respect to Minnesota today. May it spread far and wide.

Hưng Yên alleyway #Vietnam

Chính Kinh Street #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Tạp hóa Khương Đình #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Street Barber #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Always love looking at these photos of #Saigon taken by Doi Kuro who visited in late 1989 / early 1990. There are many beautiful, tender portraits amongst them but they also serve as a reminder that #HCMC was a shabby place where everyone was scraping a living. redsvn.net/100-buc-anh-...

Lãn Ông Street Hải Phòng, #Vietnam

Phú Viên Street #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Ngô Huy Quỳnh Street #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Văn Giang, Hưng Yên #Vietnam

Red River #Hanoi, #Vietnam

people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try

Ngõ 158 Nguyễn Văn Cừ #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Corner of Ký Đồng & Lý Thường Kiệt Hải Phòng, #Vietnam

Times City, from Dương Văn Bé Street #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Nghĩa Tân #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Eel Restaurant Yên Ninh Street #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Some analysis of the scam center epidemic in SE Asia that is worth the read: thediplomat.com/2025/11/crac...

Kim Quan Alleyway Long Biên #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Repost of an essay about the time I went in search of a bookstore in #HCMC called Kafka but before I even got there I was sidetracked by a story about a far-out mystic who believed he could overthrow the French in #Saigon and become the ruler of Heaven and Earth. connla.substack.com/p/phan-xich-...

Thạch Cầu - Long Biên #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Where were the soul food Restos and soul brother bars of #Saigon? And what can they tell us about the men who frequented them and the #racism they experienced when serving in the US Army in Vietnam? Quite a lot, I’d argue! My latest long read on Substack is here: connla.substack.com/p/a-history-...

Sông Hồng Long Biên #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Chuyên Đậu Mơ Nóng Thạch Cầu, #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Bát Tràng home #Hanoi, #Vietnam

If you need a Sunday afternoon/ evening read... About Kipling, imperialism, a consequential British intervention in Vietnam -- and more. connla.substack.com/p/kipling-in...

Drinks stand Cổ Bi Road #Hanoi, #Vietnam

The new Pandan Weekly (issue #3) is out. I have a story in it —and there's lots more (fiction, essays, poetry) from Southeast Asia in there. And it's all free to download. So, why wouldn't you .... pandanweekly.substack.com/p/zine-issue-3

Power tools Đường Ngô Gia Tự #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Nhậu Định Công Hạ #Hanoi, #Vietnam

Delighted that Shanghai Literary Review has just published this long read of mine about the #Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, seen through the eyes of the writers who visited through the years starting with Norman Lewis. Please feel free to share. www.shanghailiterary.com/tslr-online-...

[email protected] just published my book on resistance & repression in Asia. I think it's timely but know it's hard to read anything but news. If you listen to things while commuting or exercising, it's out as a skillfully read 2 1/2 hour audio book www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801233...