Award-winning photographer Lou Dematteis captures the pivotal years from 1992 to 1995 when Vietnam's isolation ended and the larger world began rushing in. One hundred beautiful photographs reveal a country in transition-changing, progressing, healing. Unforgettable images include boats making their way down the Mekong Delta, the Cham towers and the traditional planting of the rice paddies. There are also ballet classes, rock stars, tourists and traffic jams. A Portrait of Viet Nam is a visual record of a joyous and enduring community, seen against a stunning backdrop of dramatic mountains, rich farmland and shimmering rivers and seas. A Portrait of Viet Nam documents a mysterious nation opening its door to the world.