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![On your marks, get set, cruise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
On your marks, get set, cruise
Of all Voyager of the Sea's activities, relaxing wins, says Linda Herrick.
![Ho Chi Minh City's grand colonial hotels](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ho Chi Minh City's grand colonial hotels
Chris Pritchard retraces the steps of the spies who inhabited Saigon during the Vietnam War.
![Hoi An: Tailoring the perfect holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hoi An: Tailoring the perfect holiday
World heritage-listed Hoi An is famous as Vietnam's number-one tailoring town.
![The week in celebrity photos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The week in celebrity photos
Want to know what your favourite celebrities have been up to this week? Check out our gallery.
![Hanoi: Uncle Ho lies in surreal state](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hanoi: Uncle Ho lies in surreal state
In Hanoi, Brett Atkinson is struck by the incongruity of Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum.
![Jimmy Pham's appetite for charity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jimmy Pham's appetite for charity
Jimmy Pham's Vietnamese restaurants dish up great food for tourists while giving local kids an opportunity to better their lives.
![Paul Thomas: Chaz's bits no biggie in brave new world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paul Thomas: Chaz's bits no biggie in brave new world
Genital surgery barely registers on scale of today's headline-grabbers.
![Cinema's grande dame: Catherine Deneuve](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cinema's grande dame: Catherine Deneuve
At 67, French screen legend Catherine Deneuve embodies the essence of growing old gracefully. Helen Barlow surveys the life and loves of the star and talks to her about her new film, a feminist comedy.
![Ian Birrell: Support the failed war on drugs? You must be stoned](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ian Birrell: Support the failed war on drugs? You must be stoned
Self-defeating policies will cost more lives unless leaders show some nerve.
![Fiction Addiction: Introducing 'The Beauty of Humanity Movement'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fiction Addiction: Introducing 'The Beauty of Humanity Movement'
There seems to be a trend for long titles with meanings that remain obscure until you've read a decent chunk of the book.
![Hong Kong to Hanoi: Two-faced family fun](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hong Kong to Hanoi: Two-faced family fun
An action-packed trip to Hong Kong and Vietnam offers contrasting cultural lessons for mum, dad and the kids, write Grant Bradley and Estelle Sarney.
![Secret talks on farmers' trading plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Secret talks on farmers' trading plan
Fonterra's bold plan strikes hurdles, writes Jonathan Underhill.
!['Weak' NZ terror laws worried US](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Weak' NZ terror laws worried US
A leaked diplomatic cable shows the US was deeply concerned with "inherent weaknesses" in NZ's terror laws.
![Memories more sweet than bitter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Memories more sweet than bitter
The firefight between a nine-strong patrol and up to 80 Viet Cong was one of the New Zealand Army's bravest battles, facing almost insurmountable odds. Nearly 43 years later, the men of Victor 3 One platoon met again for the first time.