French Indochina Tonkin: Rarely Seen Pictures of the Life in Northern of Vietnam in the Early 1950s

These rare vintage pictures show the life in Northern of Vietnam in the early 1950s.

At a temple gate in Ha Dong, Feb. 1951

At the road of Hoa Binh, Vietnam, May 1950

Convoy in Ha Nam in May 1950

Convoy in Ha Nam in May 1950

Convoy on a road near Black River, Vietnam, Nov. 1950

Evacuation of Muong fighters and peasants near Vu Ban, Nov. 1950

Evacuation of Muong fighters, Nov. 1950

Evacuation of Muong people and fighters of Vu Ban, Nov. 1950

Farmer with his buffalo on a road in Ha Dong, Feb. 1951

Fighters' convoy on the road between Ha Noi and Lang Son, Oct. 1950

Long Bien Bridge in Ha Noi, May 1950

March on a street in Ha Noi, July 1951

Muong people in Thai Nguyen, July 1951

Muong people on Giam Lam road, Ha Noi, Jan. 1950

Muong people on Giam Lam road, Ha Noi, Jan. 1950

Muong people on the road in Ha Dong, Feb. 1951

Muong people refugees of Ben Dong, Thai Nguyen, Nov. 1950

Near Bac Ninh, Dec. 1950

On a street in Ha Noi, April 1950

On a street in Ha Noi, March 1952

On Giam Lam road, Ha Noi, Jan. 1950

On Giam Lam road, Ha Noi, Jan. 1950

On Giam Lam road, Ha Noi, Jan. 1950

On Red River in Hung Yen, Dec. 1950

Regiment cross Dai river by boats, Son La, Aug. 1951

Regiment cross Dai river near Van Minh by boats, Aug. 1951

Soldiers on a street near Dai Trang, Hai Phong, Dec. 1950

A rural road in Ha Noi, Aug. 1951

Army bridge in Hoa Binh, Vietnam, Nov. 1950

(Photos from Serge LAROCHE)