[Photos] This Is What Vietnam Looked Like In 1880

By 1880, when photographers Hippolyte Arnoux and Emile Gsell traveled across Vietnam, the French had just begun to solidify control over their new colony.

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These images, part of the book, Voyage de l'Egypte à l'Indochine, show take the viewer from urban Hanoi to rural villages in Southern Vietnam.