Invaluable photos of Vietnamese children 50 years ago

	World’s rarest turtle's second individual photographed in Dong Mo Lake
	A pristine Ha Long Bay some dozen decades ago under German visitor's lens
	Rare old photos of first water park in Vietnam

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The exhibition includes 130 photos taken by Thomas Billhardt. Photos of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s put Thomas Billhardt on the world photographers list. He was the first one to capture the horrors of the Vietnam War, especially on the face of innocent children.

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Thomas first set foot on the country in 1962 and returned for 11 times. Photos taken during these trips were published in photo books: Pilots in Pyiama (1968), Aspiration of Peace in Vietnam (1973), Hanoi before Peace (1973), and Vietnamese Faces (1978).

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His photos depict the social injustice, poverty, suffering, war, and an insight into Vietnamese people's lives and their smiles.

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As a photographer, Thomas Billhardt sought pure moments on the face of locals before knowing they would be captured in the camera.

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A group of children hanging out by Hoan Kiem Lake, one of the most iconic attractions in Hanoi now, was captured in Thomas's lens.

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A Hanoian baby girl in red velvet shirt was carried by her father on a bicycle on a cold winter day. The bicycle was kind of the main means of transportation in Vietnam in the 1970s.

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Sheltering under the ground was a norm during the Vietnam war.

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Young adults in Hanoi some 50 years ago.

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Photos showing the various angles of life.

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Impressive photo series of Lieutenant James Richard Shirley, the pilot that was shot down on May 5, 1967.

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Two students laughing from ears to ears on the way home from school.

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"I've been living in Vietnam for a couple of years since the country was still on the rise. Those old photos and memories give me a much better picture of the nation and the people here", Andrew, an Australian national told Zing News.

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The exibition "Hanoi 1967 - 1975" will last until November 15.

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