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“101 Reasons to Love Living in Hanoi” Those who are familiar with cultural museums in Hanoi are probably no strangers to Mark Rapoport – an American doctor, researcher, and cultural collector. Rapoport first came to Vietnam when he was 23 years old. As a volunteer for American Medical Association in 1969, he witnessed with his own eyes the fierceness of the war. Mark Rapoport is among a few American doctors involved in treating people of ethnic minorities in Central Vietnam during wartime. Since then, he has felt a special connection with the country. Mark Rapoport and people from minority groups in Northern Vietnam. Rapoport’s family moved to Hanoi in 2001. According to the doctor, at that time, his family of four decided to move to a new place. Coincidently, they all chose Hanoi. Since then, the Rapoports have seen Hanoi as their second home. In 2010, on the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi, Mark Rapoport published a book titled: “101 reasons to like l...