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THE TALK 10 / The River Bus
If you can’t do it by road, do it by river
11 / The Big Five March in Vietnam
BRIEFINGS 12 / The Alley Gallery
22 / The Wheels on a Bus
Hanoi’s Bus Rapid Transit System
28 / Muscled Up
114 / Mystery Diner Hanoi
INSIDER
116 / Bun Thai Hai San
56 / The Hanoi Skytrain
16 / Urban Sketchers
64 / Planes, Trains and Automobiles
18 / Martial Arts in Vietnam A newly published book packs a veritable punch
20 / Raising Money the Hard Way
Cycling from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City for a cause
2 | Word March 2017 | wordvietnam.com
Two families, two different experiences
A mother and daughter who go against the grain
When your neighbourhood becomes your canvas Sketching the world, one drawing at a time
Central Highlands
Rising high above the capital
Life’s a journey. So is travel
94 / The Train to Sapa
Travelling to the far north in luxury
100 / Cyclo
The cyclo drivers determined to cling to their wheels
106 / Agent Orange in the
This month: The Fat Pig
Is this the noodle soup of all noodle soups?
118 / Mystery Diner HCMC
Koh Thai on Nguyen Hue gets the onceover
120 / Hot Vit Lon
Boiled duck embryo. Finger lickin’ good…
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