(VOVworld) - American anesthesiologist Stephen Wallace has shared some of his photographs on Vietnam’s landscapes and people taken during his recent trip to the country. All photos are posted on the US online newspaper, Huffington Post.

Revealing his decision to return to Vietnam, Stephen Wallace said that this year marks the 50th anniversary of US Marines landing in full combat gear at Red Beach near Danang and the 40th anniversary of southern liberation, national reunification.

‘My country put the Vietnamese people through a hell that should never have happened”, he writes on the website. However, any animus once held for the United States has long ago evaporated. The Vietnamese are gracious, sincere, hardworking, wonderful people that are extremely happy our countries are now friends.’

Some photos highlighting Vietnam’s places of interest:

Near Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam

Hoi An

Near Sapa- a mountainous district of Lao Cai province

Little girl in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue

Ha Long Bay

My Lai Massacre Survivor

Khe Sanh Fire Base, Khe Sanh

Mekong River

North of Hanoi

Military Cemetery, DMZ

82-year-old Veteran of the War with France, Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam

Long Bien Bridge

A vendor in Ho Chi Minh City

An old man in Ho Chi Minh City