Extremely rare color photos of Vietnam over 100 years ago

Anh mau Viet Nam xua - A rare collection of color photos preserved by the French that leaves many people amazed by the beauty of Vietnam more than 100 years ago.

Precious photos capturing images of Vietnam 100 years ago (1914-1917) are being kept at the Albert Kahn Museum in France, surprising many people. A corner of Trang Tien gives people a very familiar feeling, many people can immediately recognize this place.

A group of women are sitting spinning.

The image of the Goddess of Mercy in Chau Van culture

The Mandarin uniform helps researchers guess that this photo was taken in 1915.

The girls go picking vegetables.

Scene of giving calligraphy and writing on Tet holiday.

A governor and his family.

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Photo of a monk and a novice.

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Artists in Saigon before a show.

Witness of history, Long Bien bridge.

The following images were taken by French photographer M. Ch. Lemire and processed using classic color printing techniques.

They are compiled from a number of different publications on Indochina, published in France around 1910.

A prisoner is led to the execution ground.

The farmer holds a pair of buckets used to bail water.

Boat for mandarins in Central Vietnam.

Ox cart in Central Vietnam.

Boats on the Red River in Hanoi .

A temple in Hanoi.

Boats on the Saigon River.

Welcoming the Chinese envoys.

Temple in My Tho.

Ethnic minorities in a village in Kon Tum .

A Cham tower in Mui Ne, Binh Thuan .

A Chinese boat, 1915.

Boats near a copper mine, 1915.

Bac Le Market, Lang Son, 1915.

B. Huong/VTC News

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