US photographer documents Hanoi through the years

VOV.VN - US photographer William E. Crawford photographed the daily lives of Hanoians after the nation was reunified in 1975.

William E Crawford was one of the first western photographers to visit northern Vietnam after the war ended in 1975. He arrived in Hanoi in 1985 with four former US veterans. He regularly documented Hanoi, its people and the surrounding countryside from 1985 to 2015. Pictured is House 222 on Hang Bong Street in 1986.

Hang Bong Street in 1988

Hang Bong Street in 1988

No72 Ma May Street in 1998

Soviet-era Housing in 1988

N019 Nguyen Quang Bich Street in 1991

No54 Hang Ga Street in 1994

Hang Gai Street in 1994

No 103 Hang Bong Street in 1995

Hang Bac Street in 1995

No 154 Hang Bong Street in 2000

N014 Hang Tre Street in 2009

No40C Bat Ban Street in 2015

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