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Montagnards: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 13; The region around Mai Chau is home to ethnic minorities sometimes known in Vietnam as “hill tribes” or Montagnards (“mountain people”). In this part of northern Vietnam, the highland minority groups are mostly speakers of Tai languages,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Wasp larvae dish: Photograph of a dish made with wasp larvae, taken in Laos.; Format: image/photograph

The Demilitarized Zone: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 10; The Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, was established when Vietnam was divided in 1954 into North and South. The DMZ was roughly a mile wide and more than 100 km (60 miles) long, from the western border with Laos to the ocean. The division...; By Lorraine Aragon.

French colonization and Vietnam wars: Photographs and text tell the story of Vietnam under French colonial rule, its experience during twentieth-century wars with France and the United States, and its recent liberalization.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

French Indochina: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 1; The current national borders of Southeast Asia were not established until after World War II. What is now northern Vietnam was ruled by China for more than a thousand years, between the second century BCE and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

National borders: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 6; Some Vietnamese Communists today point to early anti-French communist groups that emerged in North Vietnam in the 1930s, but no serious nationalist or communist movements emerged before World War II. The Japanese invaded French Indochina in 1940 and, as everywhere,...

Map of Thailand: Format: image/map

Southeast Asia: Political map (2003): Format: image/map

Southeast Asia: Relief map (2002): Format: image/map

Highland girl holds younger child in rural area between Mai Chau and Ninh Binh: A highland girl holds a younger child in the rural area between Mai Chau and Ninh Binh. The older girl, who is probably in her early teens, wears a loose black blouse, and she is squinting in the sunlight. The front of her black hair is cut in bangs, and the...; Format: image/photograph

Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam: Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Dancing deities: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 11; The asparas in mirror image stances balance on one bent leg in active positions typical of classical Southeast Asian dances. One hand is held above the head and the other in front of the chest with their wrists and fingers stretched...; By Lorraine Aragon.

An inscribed Sanskrit stele at Siem Reap: This inscribed Sanskrit stele is on display in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Most Southeast Asian scripts that predated the arrival of Europeans were based on Sanskrit, generally recognizable from its curling characters. Such stone monuments in both Sanskrit and Old...; Format: image/photograph

Cambodia: A timeline: Major events and eras in the history of what is now Cambodia from the beginning of the Common Era to the present.

Angkor Wat: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 8; Angkor was the royal capital of the Khmer empire from 802–1431 CE. Angkor's long-lasting prosperity was based on the local abundance of three resources: water, fish, and the rice crops grown on soil nourished by...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A person in a sunhat walks a water buffalo by wet-rice fields in Mai Chau: A person in a sunhat walks a water buffalo by wet-rice fields in Mai Chau. The farmer and young buffalo are walking on earthen dykes constructed both as dry paths and as walls to contain standing water needed by the rice plants during certain stages of their...; Format: image/photograph

Vietnam: Historical background: Vietnam has strong historical connections to China and India and has been ruled by both China and France. After turmoil and wars in the twentieth century, Vietnam embarked on a program of reform that has opened relations with the United States.; By Lorraine Aragon.

Golden stupa spires and tiered roofs at Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok: Golden stupa spires and tiered roofs top Bangkok's Emerald Buddha Temple compound, or wat, the public Buddhist worship places where monks live in Thailand and other Theravada Buddhist areas of Southeast Asia. The smooth bell-shaped tower,...; Format: image/photograph

Asia: Learn about the history, cultures, and geography of the nations and peoples of Asia from this sampling of great educational resources that can be found on LEARN NC.; Format: bibliography/help

Moat, guardian lion statue, and causeway into temple buildings at Angkor Wat: A carved stone lion statue stands on guard near a causeway over the huge water reservoir and moat surrounding Angkor Wat, the largest temple complex at the ancient city of Angkor. Angkor Wat, like many Hindu and Buddhist Southeast Asian temples, was designed...; Format: image/photograph

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