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Ho Chi Minh City Shopping

New York Times - Thu Nov 5, 5:14 pm ET

For everything from fermented duck eggs to flip-flops, head to this rambling market that’s laid out like an Arab souk and far less touristy than the Ben Thanh Market downtown.

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Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall coming to Grand Island
Grand Island Independent - Tue Nov 10, 7:00 am ET
There may be an addition in 2010 to the stately display of American flags that grace the Hall County Veterans Park near the United Veterans Club in north Grand Island every Independence Day.
Vietnam: The 'forgotten' veterans
Ridgefield Press - Tue Nov 10, 6:08 am ET
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Restaurant Review: Banh Mi Doner Kebabs, Hanoi
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sun Nov 8, 2:29 am ET
Over the last year or so, the Vietnamese banh mi sandwich has taken New York by storm, elevating the once humble pork and pickled vegetable sandwich to heights of gastronomic chic. In Hanoi, however, the typical banh mi (which translates simply as "bread" in Vietnamese and is written in English as banh my in Hanoi) is a pedestrian fried egg or pâté sandwich with a few slices of cucumber or a ...
Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 7, 8:47 am ET
On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.
Unique homecoming to Vietnam for Academy grad
The Capital - Sun Nov 8, 8:39 am ET
DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he makes an unlikely homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.
Levy: Afghanistan is another Vietnam
The Pitt News - Mon Nov 9, 10:12 pm ET
In our history and social studies classes, we learn that history tends to repeat itself. We study history so that we can prevent past failures from recurring and cultivate past successes even further.
Vet's 40-year quest to find friend's grave
The Cincinnati Enquirer - 1 hour 52 minutes ago
The night he loaded his friend's body into a helicopter in Vietnam in 1967, Lauren Dates made a promise to himself: If he made it home he would visit Frank Dunford's grave and meet his family in Kentucky.
PeopleTalk: Vietnam vet still answers call to serve
The Buffalo News - Sun Nov 8, 6:05 am ET
Vietnam veteran Alwin "Butch" O'Donnell enlisted in the U.S. Army at 18, serving in the infantry from 1969 to '71. The burly South Buffalo native achieved the rank of first sergeant before joining the Army National Guard.
Senator Kerry: Vietnam Could Not Have Been Won
Newsweek - Sat Nov 7, 4:15 pm ET
Let me be clear: more than 58,000 American troops died because they were sent into battle based on false assumptions, flawed goals, and faulty strategies. Yes, we adopted smarter tactics near the end, but by then the die was cast. History has definitively branded Vietnam for the mistake it was—no one should believe that the deaths of nearly 60,000 Americans and at least 1.5 million Vietnamese ...
South Dakotans to build homes in Vietnam
Rapid City Journal - Sun Nov 8, 9:13 am ET
Ten South Dakotans hope to teach carpentry skills as part of Habitat for Humanity's goodwill homebuilding excursion for the Jimmy Carter and Rosalyn Work Project in Vietnam this month.
Sun City Veterans Day ceremony to pay tribute to Vietnam War vets
Bluffton Today - Sun Nov 8, 9:10 am ET
Sun City Veterans Day ceremony to pay tribute to Vietnam War vets Stearns retired Jan. 1, according to the U.S. Air Force Web site. He was commander of the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and the designated director of mobility forces for Korea.
Book Review: Story of WWII told through 3 generals
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 2:44 pm ET
"Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War" (Crown Publishing, 448 pages, $30), by Terry Brighton: During a dinner in Saigon with some news correspondents in 1971, Gen. Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Vietnam, was asked his opinion of the movie, "Patton."
Speaker knows leadership under fire
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Tue Nov 10, 10:27 am ET
Joseph Grano faced real bullets on the front lines in Vietnam, figurative ones in the stock market crash of 1987 and again on Wall Street in the aftermath of 9/11. Grano will share his thoughts on leadership in times of crisis as featured speaker at the Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100 annual luncheon.
A Homecoming: Reunion offers time to heal
News 8 Austin - 44 minutes ago
All three men who've reunited for the first time since the Vietnam War say they suffer from varying forms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Their time together has helped them deal with their pain.
5,000 support Vietnam vets in Shelby
Mansfield News Journal - Sun Nov 8, 7:04 am ET
An estimated 5,000 people turned out Saturday for Shelby's first-ever parade for Vietnam veterans.