F. Zissiadis’s *Vietnam*, published by Rizzoli in 2020, records two journeys through the country’s northern borderlands in spring and autumn 2016. Over roughly 6,000 kilometres of roads, tracks, trails, and mountain routes, the Greek photographer sought out places beyond the familiar itinerary: remote landscapes and communities near Vietnam’s far northern frontier, where terrain and human settlement remain closely interwoven.

The book’s central subject is not Vietnam as a generalized destination, but a less-travelled northern world observed through its extremes. Mountains, rocky terrain, and outlying settlements are presented alongside people whose lives appear to meet nature at close range. The stated approach is both geographic and perceptual: Zissiadis follows difficult routes to reach places rarely represented in conventional travel imagery, then photographs landscape and social life with an intimacy that stops short of direct encounter.

That balance gives the project its distinctive character. The photographs are intended to make the viewer feel physically present before the terrain, while the portraits and scenes of daily life preserve a respectful distance. Rather than separating scenery from society, *Vietnam* treats them as mutually defining: the land shapes the conditions of life, and the presence of people gives the landscape its human measure.

For collectors, the book deserves attention as a substantial photographic account of a specific moment and route-based experience, made by an artist whose background also includes architecture, building, and entrepreneurship. Its 2020 Rizzoli publication, English-language presentation, and large hardcover format support an extended, immersive reading of the work. At 272–274 pages, it offers scope for a sustained visual record rather than a brief travel portfolio, focused on the northern regions encountered through Zissiadis’s two expeditions.