VietNamNet Bridge – “Vietnam at Peace” is the set of documentary photos of Vietnam after the Vietnam War, the period of rebuilding the country.
British photographer Philip Jones Griffiths is famous for sets of documentary photos such as “Vietnam Inc.” (portraying Vietnam during the fiercest period of the Vietnam War) or the set of photos “Agent Orange Victims – Long-term Consequences in Vietnam.” His name in the photography world is associated with the subjects of Vietnam.
His set of pictures titled “Vietnam at Peace” recorded images of Vietnam in the postwar era. Griffiths is one of the few reporters who soon came back to Vietnam in the nation-building era after the war.
From the early days when Vietnam was struggling in difficult times, facing the formidable consequences of the war, Griffiths came her to shoot hundreds of pictures of the everyday life of the people in the years of deprivation.
This is not merely a set of documentary photos depicting the places that were destroyed during the war, it also retains the emotional moments, portraying the new hope of the people of Vietnam in peacetime.
Primary students attend the flag saluting ceremony on Monday.
A ditch in a school in the countryside that is not buried yet.
Children in a kindergarten class.
The children’s lunch.
A class in the countryside in the early day after the country’s reunification.
A boy whose mother is a Vietnamese and father is an American in Ben Tre province. In 1975, he was abandoned by his mother. A soldier found him and brought him home for his parents to adopt the boy.
The boy is eager to see cultural performances to celebrate the Liberation of the South.
This old lady witnessed two wars. Her grandchildren were lucky to be born in the time of peace.
Kids play near a house that was destroyed by American bombs during the war.
Pouring ink into a ball-point pen.
A shop selling used books on the sidewalk.
A department store in the center of Hanoi.
A military aircraft left U.S. troops in the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
An armored vehicle of the U.S. Army left next to a house in Cu Chi District, HCM City.
Two boys sit on a U.S. helicopter.
Kids play on a military ship left at the beach near Da Nang city.
Bombshells are used to make perrons.
There are a lot of bomb craters on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Vehicles left along Highway 1 in the Northern region.
Mr. Mai Chiem Tiem, 46 in Dong Ha district, Quang Tri province lost a hand and suffered from visual harm after accidentally picked a landmine on the field.
Children stand surround a war invalid.
A war invalid who lost his legs in the war.
Dr. Ton That Tung with a veteran who was infected with Agent Orange, with complications of liver cancer. Tung is a well-known doctor in Vietnam and the world in the field of liver surgery.
Meeting the needs of the war invalids and victims of mine accidents, making prosthetic limbs in Vietnam is very common in the post-war era.
The bare trees in Tay Ninh – the consequences of herbicides sprayed by the U.S. military.
A baby exposed to Agent Orange.
Truong Son Cemetery has more than 10 thousand graves and a monument for the fallen heroes to protect the country.
People start to build houses on a military airstrip of the U.S. military in the Khe Sanh base.
Women collect scraps at a former military base of the U.S. military.
An apartment block appears on an area which was flattened by U.S. bombs in Hai Phong city.
Soldiers carry the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh in the celebration of Liberation Day.
Students with the lesson on defense education.
Children watch the bombs on display at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.
Source: Magnum Photos