Mr. Cường's Banyan Tree

After Typhoon Yagi uproots tens of thousands of Hanoi's trees, a longtime Old Quarter resident reflects on what his fallen banyan meant to him.

An intimate, poignant look at how one fallen tree holds a lifetime of a city's memories.

On September 7th, typhoon Yagi - the strongest storm Vietnam had seen in three decades - swept through Hanoi. Humans sought shelter and birds flew low to the ground, but an estimated 40,000 of Hanoi’s defenseless trees w

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