(HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM) – There is one facet about being a journalist and that is the fact you never quite know what your story might be. In this case my story was a brief article about Ho Chi Minh City’s War Remnants Museum. However, an interesting spin-off fact was generated based on conversations… Read More Eyes Opened At The War Remnants Museum
(HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM) – Boomers familiar with the Vietnam War will certainly get that down-memory-lane feeling when they visit the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. It was where the South Vietnamese war effort was centred. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of North Vietnam who died in… Read More Vietnam’s Reunification Palace
(HO CHI Minh City, VIETNAM) – Old habits die hard. For those of you raised on a steady diet of Vietnam War footage from the 1960s and 70s you’ll be very familiar with Saigon, the capital of the then South Vietnam. I am in Ho Chi Minh City and can’t stop thinking that I am… Read More Good Bye Saigon, Hello Ho Chi Minh City
(HANOI, VIETNAM) – I began my Vietnamese journey in Hanoi, and as this was my first trip to Asia I initially thought it was a wild place. Perhaps it was due to nasty jet lag and culture shock. Upon further reflection, and having compared Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon), I think… Read More Laid Back Hanoi
(HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM) – Did the Americans Win the War in Vietnam? After visiting the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City I was reminded most unpleasantly of the terrible toll taken on French, American, Korean, Pilipino, Australian, New Zealand, and Vietnamese soldiers and civilians. In a sense, one side was fighting… Read More Vietnam On The Move
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