Hanoi, Vietnam
I remember this as one of the slogans we shouted on the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations of the early 1970s. Then, of course, Ho Chi Minh was leader of North Vietnam and Hanoi was engaged in a fierce war with America to reunite the country. Now it is the capital of a unified Vietnam and the war seems long forgotten.
Flying in, the most noticeable thing is how green the countryside is. This continues on the drive from the airport with rice paddies and vegetable fi...