These 10 papers are from the 2005 conference at Western Connecticut State University. In Part 1, three papers look at: Christian N?m literature of the 17th century; complexities of 19th century Vietnamese Christian identity; and the work of an often-maligned French physician Jean Marie Despiau (1765?-1824). The four papers in Part 2 on the French and US Colonial periods include a paper on Vietnamese women and anti-French activism; non-White elements in the 1945-75 Occupying Forces; and the search for a Third Force in the US/Vietnam War. The final papers are on Agent Orange and Water Privatisation in Vietnam.