"Vietnam at Peace" is a collection of the historical documentary photos of Vietnam after competing for independence and continuing to rise up eagerly during the process of recovering the country after the war.

British photographer Philip Jones Griffiths has long been famous for documentary photo collections such as "Vietnam Inc.", which describes the resistance war against America in its fiercest period, and the photo collection "Victims of Agent Orange - Long-term consequence in Vietnam". His name in world photography circles is associated with the subject of Vietnam.

A lesser-known photo collection of his titled "Vietnam at Peace" records images of Vietnam in the postwar period. Griffiths was one of few reporters returning to Vietnam from the beginning of the period of building the nation after the war.

From the early days when Vietnam was struggling in difficult times, facing the formidable influence of the resistance war against America, Griffiths was here and recorded hundreds of photos of the daily life of the people in the years of deprivation.

This is not merely a documentary photo collection depicting places destroyed during the war, it still retains the emotional moments, describes the new hope of the people of Vietnam for the peacetime.

Primary pupils saluting the flag on Monday


A shelter trench in a school in the countryside not yet filled up


Children in a kindergarten class


Lunch for children at a kindergarten school


A simple class in the countryside right after the country's unification day


A mixed blood boy living in Ben Tre province. In 1975, he was abandoned
 by his mother, but a soldier found and brought him home to his parents,
 adopting him.


A mixed blood boy eager to see art performances to celebrate the South Vietnam Liberation Day


This grandmother has witnessed the two wars, against French colonialism and American imperialism,
 and fortunately her grandchildren were born in peacetime.


Children playing besides a house destroyed by US bombs during the war


Pouring the ink into a ball-point pen


A bookshop selling old books on the pavement


A general store in the centre of Hanoi


A military aircraft is motionless at Tan Son Nhat International Airport after the US troops withdrew.



An armoured vehicle of US troops becomes a place to rest farming tools for a family in Cu Chi district.


Two boys sitting on a downed US helicopter


Children playing on a military boat left at the beach near Danang.


Bombshell used as a threshold for the house


Previously, on the Ho Chi Minh trail there were many large and small puddles,
 the traces of bombings to block transport for the Vietnam Liberation Army.


Old motor vehicles along Highway 1 in the Northern region – remnants of the destruction
 of the transportation conducted by the US troops


Mr. Mai Chiem Tiem, 46 years old in Dong Ha district, Quang Tri province,
 lost a hand and was partially blinded when working in the field and accidentally picking a landmine.


Children gather around a wounded soldier to listen to his stories


A wounded soldier who lost his legs during the war


Dr. Ton That Tung and a war veteran infected with Agent Orange, afflicted with liver cancer.
 He is a well-known doctor in Vietnam and in the world in the field of liver surgery.

Meeting the needs of the wounded soldiers during the war as well as victims
 of remaining explosives after the war, making artificial limbs in Vietnam
 in the post-war era was quite common.

Bare trees in Tay Ninh province - consequences of herbicides sprayed by US troops.

A child infected with Agent Orange

The Truong Son Martyrs' Cemetery has more than ten thousand graves
 and a monument listing heroes who have fallen to protect the homeland.


People started to build house on an old airstrip of the US military at Khe Sanh base


The women collect scrap at a former military base of the US infantry


Tenement houses built on a residential area which had been levelled by US bombing

Soldiers eager to receive Uncle Ho’s photo in celebration of South Vietnam Liberation Day

Vietnam Youth and lessons about Defence Education at Universities

Two children look at bombs displayed at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.