Rare pictures of Vietnam in the French-ruled period

These are illustration pictures in a French book titled “L'Indochine Profonde” (Mysterious Indochina) by J. P. Dannaud, published in 1962. These pictures were taken by French photographers like Raoul Coutard, Jean Lhuissier, Kim Khánh, Pierre Ferrari, Guy Defive, etc. before 1954 at different places in Indochina.




A bustling street in Hanoi.





There were two bridges to the Ngoc Son Temple. The bridge on the left was the current The Huc bridge.




A soybean pudding peddler.




Tooth whitening service on the street.




Many Hanoi residents came from neighboring rural areas.




A Catholic man and his small statues.




Playing cards on the pavement. This game was imported into Vietnam from France.




Consulting a fortune-seller outside a temple.




Kids practiced boxing. This sport was also imported from France.




A fisherman.




Fish sauce jars.




A boat racing.




The flood season in the Mekong Delta.




A girl from a noble H’Mong family in northern Vietnam.




H’mong women on an opium field.



H’mong people also planted rice and maize.




A H’mong kid.




A woman of an ethnic minority group in Laos.

Elephants of Lao people.

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Funny pictures of Vietnamese old people

Though they are old, young people have to admire them for their ‘teen-style.’



Hello, can you hear me?

A styled Buddhist monk.













Posing.


The old man says goodbye to his young girlfriend?



The background: a young style, a teen style.


Old women are chatting.


Recalling of the old time.

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12 Years Old Vietnamese Model Becomes Famous On Internet

Extremely young/cute 12-year-old Vietnamese model becomes famous on the internet, was Vietnamese modeling competition champion.

Recently, a set of photographs featuring an extremely young model have quickly become popular on the internet. This professional model’s name is Hoang Bao Tran, she’s from Vietnam, is only 12-years-old, has previously won the champion title of a major Vietnamese modeling competition, is 1.72m tall, and her sweet looks and innocent smile have won the hearts of countless netizens.




















12-year-old Vietnamese female model Hoang Bao Tran Le, hot body and lovable/adorable

Look, this bosom, these legs, this waist, this butt, is she really 12-years-old? I can’t help myself, makes me want to commit a crime Honestly, if you dared to push her down [come onto her], you’d have committed a crime, WX [acting indecently towards] a minor girl (loli), and I guarantee you’ll get 10 years…, and even if it was her who voluntarily pushed you down [come onto you], you would still be committing a crime…

This 1998 born, only 12-years-old, beautiful young Vietnamese girl Hoang Bao Tran Le (Lê Hoàng Bảo Tran), 1.72m tall, with sweet looks, is the champion of Vietnam’s Young Model competition, and what more, has already become the signature model of a certain modeling agency.