Were there any red brick houses in Vietnam? specifically were there any blown-up red brick houses in Vietnam?

Probably, I am sure there were red brick buildings. Hotels, warehouses, buildings stuff like that. I am not sure about the houses.

Are you going urban or in the country for your scene?

~Chip

Certainly there were "traditional red brick houses"... remember that for many years, Vietnam was a colonial holding of France... as such, many of the French and other Western people that lived there permanently would have been interested in western-styled housing.

While bricks could have been made there, they also could have been imported as well, so you would have seen all kinds of construction. And surely in the urban areas in particular there would have been quite a bit of damage over the course of the years with all the local terrorism....

Still - the most dominating form of construction would have been wood (lots of teak, mohogany, and water oak) that would have come from nearby forests and jungles. In the southern part of Vietnam, which is very humid, wood would have "breathed" better in the heat and dampness... a lot of the plaster and brick buildings would have had problems with mold and dampness because they didn't circulate air as well. Just my two cents worth!