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Hồn Du Mục
@hondumuc.bsky.social
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Longtime American resident of Việt Nam, Hà Nội & Quảng Ninh mostly. Doesn't believe in ghosts; repeatedly dubbed a ghost by friends and family.

(not a photographer; not looking for photography advice)
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Văn Giang, Hưng Yên
#Vietnam
A late night photo of a pair of tables outside of a shuttered bia hơi on a small street just outside of Hanoi. A single light directly above the tables remains on despite the utter darkness of the surrounding street and the business it belongs to obviously being closed. It gives the scene a dramatic feel, as if the metal tables and brown plastic chairs will be filled by actors at any moment. The yellow awning glows where it shades the light, and the pattern of octagonal and square sidewalk bricks is a study in textures as the intensity of light wanes in our direction.
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Red River
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A moody photo of the Red River taken from its eastern bank near the border between Hanoi and Hưng Yên province. On the far shore, we see the lights of southern Hanoi both illuminating the sky and reflecting off the river surface. A sand barge can just be made out in the distant center of the current. In the foreground is a docked crane barge, the silhouette of its crane in sharp contrast to the far glow. The spare, darkness of the scene almost makes the photo seem like a black and white image, save for the distinctly red and orange lights atop far-shore structures.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Ngõ 158 Nguyễn Văn Cừ
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
An empty side street in eastern Hanoi at night. Downstreet light cast shadows of Vietnamese flag streamers on the pavement below. The streamers number in the dozens, continuing as far as can be seen around the street's slight curve. Each side of the street is a solitude of shuttered entryways.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Corner of Ký Đồng & Lý Thường Kiệt
Hải Phòng, #Vietnam
A crumbling, though still exquisite art deco apartment block from the port city of Hải Phòng. We are standing in an intersection near the city's old market, a block from the river front. The gold ochre with green trim glows in the afternoon sun. Shuttered businesses occupy the ground floors while upper floor windows and balconies show signs of inhabitation. Telecom cables crisscross the street and disappear into windows, slats, and crevices never intended as digital conduits. A woman on a motorized cargo rickshaw approaches on the left. The dense foliage of the side street trees obscure our view of the building's sides.
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Times City, from Dương Văn Bé Street
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
The cluster of highrise apartment buildings that make up Times City are lit up and reflecting off a pond just outside their grounds of that Vinhomes development in south Hanoi. The pond is ringed by modest row houses and shacks.
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Nghĩa Tân
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A tree-lined residential street in the Nghĩa Tân neighborhood of west Hanoi. On the right, we see a pile of discarded wood that looks like the dried out remains of an uprooted tree's roots. It sits before one of the area's aging apartment blocks. A few scattered motorbikes are parked again at the curb down the street which extends all the way until it Ts at a wonton noodle soup restaurant. It is a scene that absolutely exudes autumnal Hanoi.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Eel Restaurant
Yên Ninh Street
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
An old school Hanoi restaurant specializing in eel dishes on a small street just north of the Old Quarter. The entrance to the restaurant is to the right of a window into its street-facing open kitchen. Motorbikes are parked to the right and a garbage collector loads her already-quite-full cart with more bags of rubbish left at the curb. Above we see a second story balcony lined with plants, possibly the residence of the restaurant owners. The faded bõ sign above the kitchen window reads "Quán Lươn 34 – Since 1983".
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Kim Quan Alleyway
Long Biên
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A black and white photo of a short, rain slicked alleyway in eastern Hanoi. A pair of motorbikes are parked right against the right side before closed first floor gates. A small tree grows from just within a property on the left and leans out over the alley upwards into the tight space between buildings. A couple plastic bucks sit against the wall just behind it. A single wooden window shutter stands up on the right at the end of the alley.
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Thạch Cầu - Long Biên
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
We are standing in the middle of a dark side road looking north toward a brightly lit residential area. The silhouettes of trees hang over the road to our right while a long metal fence irregularly reflects light from downstreet and adjacent sources. A white ride-hailing car is parked along the fence in a patch of light. We can just make out a motorbike leaning into a left turn at the far end of the street. Row houses and villa tower over the scene on the left, slight yellow-orange in the reflect vapor light. Clouds high above glow from the metropolis below.
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Sông Hồng
Long Biên
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
An evening photo of the Red River from the banks of Lông Biên in Hanoi. From where we stand, we see a row of river pilings extending diagonally out into the water. The dark silhouette of a tree frames the left side of the image. Across the wide expanse of the river we see a relatively low-rise skyline of illuminated houses and buildings lining the river with a few larger structures in the faint background. Standing brightly above the scene, however, is the 108 Army Hospital. Its luminous red sign reflects off the river surface. The city lights reflect off splotchy, low clouds.
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Chuyên Đậu Mơ Nóng
Thạch Cầu, #Hanoi, #Vietnam
A man and a woman tend to their wares in a small, back-alley shop in Hanoi. The woman, in a white shirtsleeve shirt and black-and-white check pants stands behind a row of large receptacles with what appear to be various fermented vegetables waiting to be bagged and taken home. On the right are stacks of eggs in 6x6 foam flats. All sits under a red canopy with yellow lettering. In the background we see a man in a floral-print shirt and black shorts. He has close cropped hair and moves among shelves of ingredients, packaging, and utensils.
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Bát Tràng home
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A three-story Vietnamese home on a corner in a neighborhood on the edge of Hanoi. The first floor exterior, enclosed by a low concrete wall and cage-like metalwork, is brightly illuminated on this darkened street. The second floor windows also glow with a subdued warmth. A pattern of shadow and light radiates outward from the home across the empty concrete of nighttime streets.
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Drinks stand
Cổ Bi Road
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A pair of men sit with their backs to us under the orange plastic tarps of a roadside drinks stand in eastern Hanoi. A single motorbike is parked out front of the entrance gate of chain link. Light radiates outward from the loosely enclosed space across the broad sidewalk and rounded curb of a street corner. The irregularly lit leafing of tree canopy undersides produces a reverse dappling with varying shades and intensities of green. Plastic stools, wooden tables, and a red cooler can be made out through the structural and organic clutter.
October 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Power tools
Đường Ngô Gia Tự
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A man in a blue shirt and grey pants squats on a sidewalk before his power tools sales and repair shop on a commercial thoroughfare in eastern Hanoi. He appears to be attending to some minor repairs. Beyond him stands the front of his shop with terraced rows of plastic wrapped equipment clustered by type. We can see drills, compressors, and mechanical vibratory concrete tempers. One large such tamper lies on its side before him, possibly the piece of equipment being repaired.
August 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Nhậu
Định Công Hạ
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
Four men sit at the entrance to a south Hanoi bia hơi. Their yellow plastic chairs surround an end-to-end pair of blue plastic tables. White porcelain bowls and dishes cover the tables while four quintessential bia hơi glasses sit filled with varying amounts of beer. A yellow, red, and white Việt Hà Beer sign stands on the sidewalk just to their left. Empty half kegs sit stacked against a wall of fading yellow paint, crumbling cement, and exposed brick.
August 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Nghĩa Tân Ward
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
The lights of a stylishly designed noodle shop reflect off the upturned side of a wheeled garbage receptacle on a rainy night in Hanoi. We are standing on a sidewalk looking down a misty street onto a row of parked motorbikes in front of the noodle joint. A single patron in a black jacket handles a bike, either parking or leaving.
May 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Nghĩa Tân Ward
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A night photo down a rain-soaked alleyway behind an apartment block in the Nghĩa Tân Ward of Hanoi. We are standing on the edge of a small sân chơi that backs an old khrushchevka-style apartment building. A small side street winds its way around the concrete pad of this recreation space as rain water collects by the curb. We can see the outlines of concrete benches and the reflection of a half-shuttered noodle joint at the end of the street. Its still-illuminated sign glows red with yellow text. In clear silhouette, there strides a woman holding an umbrella in one hand and a plastic bag in the other stepping lightly between puddles.
February 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Tô Hiệu Street
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A night photo of a pork offal restaurant (congee and hotpot) near closing time in Hanoi. We are looking across a rain-slicked intersection absent of all vehicles. Yellows, oranges, and faint greens reflect off the damp surface and bring its subtle topography into shadowy relief. The restaurant occupies the first two floors of an aging structuring showing its wear. New, brightly illuminated signs are attached to crumbling concrete facades with patchy, rotting surfaces and the once ubiquitous green wooden shutters.
February 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Xuân Thụy - Gia Lâm
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A residential alleyway on the outskirts of Hanoi at night. We stand at the darkened end of the alley looking down its very gentle curve to the right. Red lanterns hang along the center of the alley, every so slightly overlapping in our line of sight as they get farther away. Their faint illumination shade the concrete walls on either side in a glancing red. A single Vietnamese flag extends out from the right halfway down. Multicolored banners crisscross overhead and cast corresponding shadows upon the narrow asphalt.
February 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Workers quarters
Alley 42 Xuân Đỉnh
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A narrow passage extending away from our position. Both the side walls and the end one are painted with a distinctive green limewash. Doors and windows can be seen in parallel intervals on each side. Clothing can be seen hanging from overhead wires and poles. A single motorbike is parked down the passageway on the left.
January 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Sidewalk phở stall
Chùa Quỳnh Street
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
An open air chicken phở stall on a sidewalk in southern Hanoi. A seating area of blue and green plastic tables and stools sits to the right under a makeshift awning of green plastic held up by bamboo pokes fastened to the adjacent wall. A single patron in a light blue t-shirt and dark blue shorts sits over a bowl of noodles. On the left, a bald man in a light, short sleeve collared shirt and dark shorts stands beside the stall while a woman in matching red velour pants and shirt just just behind him. The stall sign is red with white and yellow lettering facing the street. A banner hangs from an adjacent tree with a similar color scheme and message. The frontages of mostly closed businesses can be seen in the background along a small commercial street.
December 31, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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Beer & hotpot
Tạ Quang Bửu Street
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
An evening photo of a bia hơi and hotpot joint in southern Hanoi. A sidewalk of red plastic tables and chairs as well as the parked motorbikes of the seated patrons wraps around a corner location. The distinctive red and white on gold color palette of the Habeco company leaves little doubt about what is being sold, as its internally lit box signs cover nearly all of the frontage's vertical and horizontal spaces. The glow of the signs reflects off the bottom of the awnings extending over the sidewalk. Staff come and go from the interior of the building.
December 21, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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Tạp Hóa
Kim Ngưu Alley 559
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A black and white photo of a small neighborhood convenience store in a Hanoi alleyway. Parked directly in front, tight to the curb, are a motorscooter and a small lorry. Inside we see the customary shelves packed with snacks and household supplies. A glass-topped ice cream freezer sits just inside the open entrance.
December 20, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Apartment block
Phú Xá Ward
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
The alley-facing side of an old-school Hanoi apartment block of the Khrushchevka variety. The concrete surface of the alleyway (to the left of the apartments) is damp and lightly puddled. A Vietnamese flag flies from the left off of the front of a building out of the frame of the shot. At the ground level on the right, we see entrances to homes and businesses. The LED sign of a nail salon is discernible. Laundry dries on racks in front of a couple of homes. Above, we see caged in balconies and cantilevered extensions. Drying laundry is see everywhere on the second and third levels, with one apartment balcony lit with multi-colored lights. It also bears a Vietnamese flag flown out over the alley.
December 19, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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Food stall
Trần Duy Hưng Street
#Hanoi, #Vietnam
An overhead shot of a street food stall with several customers taken from a pedestrian overpass in central Hanoi. The stall is on a broad sidewalk up against a low brick wall topped by metal fencing between concrete pillars. The vendors are a man and a woman, each masked and bent to their work serving a trio of young women. The man wears a blue and pink flannel and the woman a blue-grey hoodie. The stall is covered with skewered items waiting to be steamed, grilled, or fried. The light hanging over the stall's surface space cases a large shadow of the man against the wall behind him.
December 17, 2024 at 4:39 AM