Viet Ville, Puerto Princesa, Palawan

Photos below taken on October 26, 2015. That was after we checked out of Astoria Palawan and headed to the airport for our flight back to Manila.

Viet Ville in Brgy. Santa Lourdes, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, was the refugee center of Vietnamese asylum seekers in the 70s and 80s. Now only a few Vietnamese remain there, less than 10 perhaps who married the locals. Majority have flown to the US, or went back to Vietnam.

The resto is nice. Prices not that cheap but there is opportunity to go around the village, see some aspects of Vietnamese culture.

Many houses are already dilapidated, mainly because there are no more residents there.

The Catholic side of some Vietnamese and the locals.

And the Buddhist side of many Vietnamese then in the area.

Thanks again to Pidro Sing for lending us his Hiace van. Astoria to VietVille to other places and finally back to Puerto Princesa Airport.

Vietnam Rice Terraces

I have been to Vietnam twice. In 2000 for a tour, and in 2006 for a seminar. My previous notes about Vietnam are here,

Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 2000, December 21, 2005

Ho Chi Minh, December 2000, December 21, 2005

Vietnam-Cambodia border, Dec. 2000, December 22, 2005

Hanoi, Vietnam, 2006, June 07, 2007

Below are photos from Dr. Samran Sombatpanit's facebook wall. Doc Samran is a friend, he's the Past President of the World Association for Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC) and he hosted me and my family in late May 2008 in Thailand.

He went to Vietnam in December  2012. Fantastic rice terraces. In Sapa, northern Vietnam, near the border with China.

One of the 54 different ethnic groups in Vietnam

Ricefields on both sides of a river.

Thank you, Doc Samran, for those wonderful photos.