Below is a list of Viet Nam culture-related articles about grief, spirituality and healing. (Click on a photo to see a larger view.) A Buddhist View on Death and Rebirth by Ven. Thich Nguyen Tang http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma5/viewdeath.html Buddha statues at Dau Pagoda. Ancient Customs Show Durability of Old Ways in Modern Viet Nam. A great article by Kristin Huckshorn, Mercury News Vietnam Bureau, 3/1996) http://www.vietspring.org/religion/oldways.html Customs and Culture of Vietnam—Excerpt from Ann Caddell Crawford's book. http://www.militaryliving.com/vietnam2/vietnamch8.htm   Death and Dying Rituals in Vietnam http://www.militaryliving.com/vietnam2/vietnamch6.htm A woman prays at a local pagoda. Death Rituals in Vietnamese Society by Dieu-Hien T. Hoang, RN, Author http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/cultures/vietnamese/viet_death.html TET Lunar Celebrations http://www.festivalvietnam.com/more.htm   Theft of Giarai tomb sentinels by Tran Dinh Thanh Lam,Asia Times Online http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/DG12Ae03.html   Vietnamese Guidelines for Palliative Care in Australia http://www.pallcare.asn.au/v-guide.htm A gravesite in the countryside, near Ha Noi. Vietnamese Poetry—themes of life/death. Article written by Nguyen Ngoc Binh for the Asia Society's "Vietnam: Essays on History, Culture, and Society," 1985, pp. 79-98. http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000062.htm Vietnamese Ritual of Burying the Dead by Clare Arthurs, BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2115675.stm   Articles Related to Vietnam Vets The Fund for Reconciliation and Development, with encouragement and initial support from Oxfam America, is coordinating an educational project to raise awareness about the lingering consequences of the chemicals used during the Vietnam War, and to encourage support for alleviating their human health and environmental effects. http://www.ffrd.org/agentorange.htm An incense urn at Tran Quoc Pagoda. Amerasian Children article by Robert McKelvey, author of "The Dust of Life" http://www2.corvallis.k12.or.us/cvhs/fultonp/mckelvey%5B1%5D.htm American Vets Returning to Vietnam http://www.askasia.org/Vietnam_Challenge/commun/impress/14.htm   Back to Vietnam http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/april99/vietnam.shtml   Enquirer—Vets Confront Nightmares http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/07/09/loc_vietnam08.html An offering placed in a local pagoda. Impact of the War on Hawaiian and Japanese Americans Vets http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/veterans/fs_hawaiian_vets.html "Pete Petersen: Assignment Hanoi"—includes PBS link about "Two Nations Grieve" http://www.pbs.org/hanoi/nations.htm#mrs.hy   Shadows of a Distant War (Most Vets have Prospered) http://www.prweb.com/releases/2000/4/prweb14078.htm An American vet, Jerry Nahm-Mijo, revisits Viet Nam for healing and reconciliation. Trips to Vietnam (articles written by those who returned) http://www.vietnamwar.net/trips/trips.htm Vet Tour Packages to Vietnam http://www.vietvet.org/visit/px/tourspx.htm Vets Who Went Back (Christian Science Monitor) http://csmweb2.emcweb.com/durable/2000/11/17/fp1s3-csm.shtml   War Widows' Stories from Asia, including Vietnam http://www.warwidows.org/Memorial/asia.html Quan Am, Goddess of Compassion. "Yesterday's Enemy Forgives" by Andrew Petty, Santa Maria Sun) 2000. Andrew Petty is a former reporter for the Sun. He now writes for the Korea Herald in Seoul. E-mail comments to apetty@koreaherald.co.kr. http://www.santamariasun.com/archives/covers_2002/cov_05232002.html

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