[horns hononking] [dog bararks] [bababy crying s softly] [dog b barks] [horns hononking] [bell didinging] [u[upbeat rockck music] boboth i i took a Wawalk ThroroughThis Beautififul World Felt The E cool rainn on My Y Shoulder found somomething gooood Inin This Beautififul world i f felt the rarain Getttting Colderer l la, la s sha la, la,a, la, la sha la, l la, la, laa sha la,a, la, la sha l la, la, la,a, la shaha la, la, l la, la, laa [dramamatic music]c] do youou smell thahat . [mototorcycle enengine rumblb] momotorbike exexhaust, fish sauauce, incensnse. The e Faraway SmsmellOfof Somethingng is that t Pork GrillllingOvover Charcoaoal . Vietnam, i it could bebe no p place else. E. [bell didings] [vietntnamese folklk music] [m[man sings i in native l la] liststen to me. Listenen to me. There is n no other waway to s see this cicity, hano, than f from a mototorbike or a scoototer. To do Ototherwise Wowould E to miss itit all. [horns hononking] [horns h honking] whoa [horn honknks] it is s one of thehe Gret Pleasureres of my lilife toto join the e river of p Pee Rurushing Throrough the stst. [horns hononking] [belell dinging]g] [cacophohony of trafaffic soun] [s[soft dramatatic music]] vietetnam, it grgrabs you and dodoesnt let t you go. Oncece you love e it, you love i it forever. R. Ive b been comingng here since 202000, Ththe First Titime id been inin this partrt of the wow, and its h held a Spececial E In M My Heart and d My Imaginanation since. I keepep coming baback. I have to. O. [bell dingnging] vietnam m has changeged since last timime i was hehere. Itits changining every mimin. [hororn honking]g] [indistitinct chatteter] but sosome things,s, for nonow anyway, remain t the same, Importrtant Thingsgs like t this stuff. F. Ththats gonnana be good. Bun oc, fifirst meal i in ha, anand its Somomething Thehey De Betttter than ananywhere el. Okay, im officicially inin hanoi nowow. Mmmmm, magic. A spicy,y, Wonderfulul Broh with tomomatoes and heherb and noooodles and fresh h snails. Plump p and delicicious. Lolook at thosose beautiese. Come t to me, plumump, littttle love mumuscle. Mmmmm. Hanonoi, capitalal city of v vi, 7 1 2 Millllion Peoplele Liveve here. In the w winter its chilllly and dampmp, in t the summer r hot, humid, sububtropical. Ththe boulevarards and many ofof the buildldings are f f, but its Heart And Soul is always, always vietnamese. [all speakaking vietnanamese] Amamericans Cocoming here as tourirists for ththe first t, esespecially v veterans of thehe war, Are Shshocked By H How Friendy The E place is. Pepeople are g genuinely h y to see youou. Ththis is hanonois old ququ, but its l looking lesess and d less old t these day. Man, thihis areas c changed th. I mean, the irish h czechthd pub b next door . R . Vivietnam is a a young cououn. Almost h half of Vieietnamee Are Undeder the age e of 3. Fewewer every Yeyear Eveven Remembeber what t they call h here the americican war. Those years were a defining time for just about everyone, vietnamese or american, who lived through them, and though there are still a lot of conflicted feelings back home, for most vietnamesee thesese days, the war hahas become an abstrtraction, not even a a memory. Vietnanam is stillll a popoor nation,n, but Ththe Standardrd of livg has s improved a a lot wiwith The Relelaxing Of HHae Commununist economomic polic. More and m more foreign totourists evevery y, Western Chchains Inevivitably are evererywhere, Anand Presidenent obama isis vig for r the first t time, Takingng Another s step onon the Long G Path Toward N NormalizingngRelats Betwtween the twtwo countri. That is s good. Ooh, hot. Ooh, i i hit that t chili hardr. [b[bell ringining] [upbeat mumusic] [womoman sings in natative languauage] [thuhunder rumblbles] nice t to meet youou. Yeyes. Its such h a pleasure. Oh, and wewe have a beer reaeady to go, grea. Yes. So were d doing by bobottle, oror were goioing to pourur it in a a glass . How w would you u do it if i wasnnt here . I i would pourur it in thehe. Okay. In vietnamam, Particicularly In N the north,h, it wouould be Veryry Improperr for a wowoman toto drink Strtraight Frfrom the botottle. Oh, really . Ohoh, really . Yeah. Okay, wewell, im glglad i knowow this now. W. Cheers. Thao is s an eisenhohower few and a a fulbright t schola. Shes s Devoted Heher carer to Helelp Strengththen the bs Betweeeen Vietnam M and the. Totoday we drorove to t the outskirirts of hano. Mmhhmm . Cranes, tatall buildinin. Peopople movingg from t the countryry to the ci . Mmhmm. Marc j jacobs, prarada, i me, thisis is a veryry Young Country nonow. Oh, veryry much a a young natition. They likike to eat the kentucucky fried c chicken. They like e to spend a a lot ofof their timime on the i int. The hihistory of o our county is a h history of f war. We had 1,0,000 years under the e chinese, and ththen we had d 80 years under the e french, and thenen the japananese cameme in, and whenen the amerirican left finally inin 1975, We Gotot Involvedd with camambodia, so we ononly have Pepeace Sisince 1989. Just in ththe Matter O Of A Fw decades s the Entirere Populatn will be Ththose Withouout any wawar experienence, and thatss a great t thing. And whatat are we eating t today . Well, we a are going to have e a banh cuouon. And that m means . Rice roll,l, very thini. Like a crerepe . Yes, its s like a crere. Anand inside, ground, Miminced Porkk and wowood ear musushroom. Ah. [ominousus music] you u dip it in,n, and d there you u go. Mmm. Ohoh, thats v very good. Evererything we e do internrnationally,y, someone e refers bacack to t the vietnamam experienc. You know, lets n not do thatat again, lets s not repeatat vietna. But t i find it t interestig that the p people whwho had perhrhaps ththe most paiainful expereriene werere among thehe first to reach o out. I think k the John M Mccain stoy is pararticularly y interestinig becacause heress a guy whoho d an atrocioious Experieience Herere in prisonon, and yet t he has beeeen among the mostst Vocal Supupporters of normalilizing relatations. It took Seseveral Tripips to vieietnam, and d so he coululd see vietem inin a differerent light. Itits no longnger a war. Its a couountry with h peopl. Have y you been ouout withth returningng veterans s oh, yes, a all the timi. Do they y often wantnt to go toto the area a that they y ser . Ohoh, yes. Did ththey often e even meet with thehe people ththey foug . Yes. B52 pililots come t to the Areaeas Theyey unloaded d their bomb . Yes. [soft drdramatic mususic] whatat is that experienence like . What do o you see when thehey come . Extrtremely emototional, exextremely ememotional. Peoplele burst intnto tear. The memorory i kept o of yu 45 yearsrs ago was a an ene. Ii did anyththing and eveveg to Prorotect My Lilife and to prprotect the e people inin my platoooon, but tododay when i i see you an not t as an enememy, as a persrson, Eveverything J just disapppp, all Ththe Bad Feeleling Disappp anand now you u actually t talk, oh, a are you mararried . You know, how many y childn do you h have . You knknow, wwhat are yoyou up to . Theieir life tururn into a a new chapteter, and thisis chapter is a good d chapter. [upbeaeat rock mususic] [speaking vietnamese over p. A. ] [soft dramatic music] hanoi in t the morningn, the e usual highghpitched we of thousanands of mototorbikes. [motororcycle engigines rumbli] peopople and thehe things they c carry comining out to , to set up p shop, the sound d of commercrce. [speaking g vietnameses] of a wilildly free Markeket Economyy inin a systemm thatss decidedlyly not. [u[upbeat musisic] ohh [p[people clapapping rhyththmi] hey whoo hey h hey hey h hey hey heyey [woman sinings inin native lalanguage] Whenen I First C came here, it w was tai chihi at dawn, and ththats stillll here, bubut theres s also this. [allll shout in n vietnamese] good to o see you. Its n nice to seeee you to. Ththis is an, my friend. Nicece to meet y you. Shees also my zumba i instructor. R. Ah. No zumumba for me. E. Brbreakfast, t though, sounds g good. How often n a week do o you k the e average peperson cooks, anand how ofteten do t they eat ouout . Momostly we jujust cook atat e for dinnnner because ththats the o only l in thehe day thatat everybodydy can bebe together,r, but fofor other memeals normally w we eat out. T. [all shoutut in vietnanamese] whoo [all cheheering] i memeet my old d friend a on the e edge of thehe old quar, a a place knowown asas cussing n noodles. This is s my favoritite, favovorite restataurant. This plalace . Yes. The name c comes fromm the owowner, this s lady, Known Fofor The Freeee and d frank wayy She Cocommunicateses Withth her custotomers. I hear shehe yells at t peopl. Yes. [s[speaking vivietnamese]] if Y You Go To H her counr and d order somemething, and thenen if yourere indecisi, like, oh, can i i have thisi . Oh, no, no, no, nono, no, no, maybybe i Have T This Insteaead shees like, ii dont have lotots of time e for y, so jusust get out t of here. Realally . Yeyeah. [speakining vietnamemese] and whwhats The S Specialy of the h house here . E . Bun chihin zou. Cchin zou m means pig k knu. Pig knucuckle . Pipig knuckleses. We k know thatss gonna be e. You u put up witith the abuse fofor this glolorious, Steamiming Bowl Ofof rice nos with spicycy chilies, a rich, hehearty, porkrky broh with p pigs knuckckle and s. Its thehe only itemem on the m, and its g good. You knowow taro . Yes. Ah. H. So t this is thehe stem of the tararo plant, and to Prerepare Thiss you hahave to be v very Carefl Becacause if youou dont do it righght, thenen you get i itchy mouth. Toxixic, right. No, no, not totoxic. Yoyou wont didie from it, but it makakes your momouth rereally itchyhy, so. Ininteresting. G. [serene e music] mmm. M. Wow,w, thats dedelicious. Whenen people Tatalk Abouout vietnam,m, they a always sayy about t Spring Rololls or ph, bubut i think k this shoulule ininin the p place. In the mixix . Yeyeah, in im easy. Giveve me some s spicy noodld, sosome pork, im happppy every titime. [speakining vietnamemese] [upbeat mumusic] [woman sinings inin native lalanguage] [soft t dramatic m music] itits A Mazee Of N Narrow Strereets and Alleleyways Behihind Ththe old frenench cathedrdr. Vendors s set up stotools, and d its happypy hour in h ha. Everery doorway,y, every win, a a Little Slilice of life. A storory all its s own, lives liveved, being l lived, caught f for a seconond, a a moment, ththen gone. In vietnamam sometime e te trtruly friendnd, to be frfrien. Yeah. Wewe have to d drink ununtil we arere drunk. Well, well, okayay. Yeah. We m must. We mumust. [l[laughter] cheeeer for frieiendship. Lilinh dinh, M My Oldest F Frd in vietnamam from t the very bebeginnin. Many h happy memorories, my f friend. Weweve been t to saigon, can ththo, nha trarang. He wasas my origininal minder for vivietnams miministry of foreieign affairsrs. Wewe became, i in spite ofos official r responsibililiti, fafast friendsds. One, two, three. [speaking g vietnameses] [spepeaking vietetnamese] welcome e back. Wewelcome backck. Cheers. Thanank you. Linhnh has Brougught Me To a t anand proud Anand Uniquelyy hanonoi traditioion, bia hai. Bia hai rerefers to the Roaoadside Joinints where e locals gatather to consumeme kegdispepensed, frfreshly brewewed draft b. Oh, thatats good. Itss not stronong at all, my fririend. Jujust, like, between 3 3 t. Ahah, so we neneed to drinink. Yeah. Yeahah. Cheeeer for hanonoi beer. [hororns honkingng] itit was Sometething Luxururs 3030 years agogo. Yeahah. Riright. And nonow its foror everyo. Yeah. Its not e expensive. Right. T. 10,00000 dong. So thatts 40¢. 40¢, 45, yeahah. 4545¢ a beeeer . Yeahah. Illll have anotother. I can n afford thahat. The e countrys s changed soso. When i f first came,e, bicycleses and motororbikes. Nonow a lot ofof cars. Yeah. Morere cars. Yeah, now w look, monen. Pepeople are m making Mo Busineness is goodod. Yeah. Righght . I memean, much, much, much Morore Tourismm every y year, yeahah . Yes, yes. Peoplele also enjojoy life mo. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Did we peak your interest . You can get two unlimited lines for just 30 each a month. There are no Term Contracts or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g Mobile Network nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible, its happening. [u[upbeat rockck music] [stirrining orchestrtral pop mu] sesearch the g globe, and Du Will Find D no other p place ththat looks r remotely lilik. Hha long memeans Wherere The DragogonDesces Intoto the sea, and legendnd says thatat thiss where a grgreat dragonon charge, Protectingng Vietnam from f foreign invnvaders. War isis a constanant theme in Vieietnamese Mymythology and hihistory ththe chinese,e, the frenc, ththe japanesese, the amerer, the cacambodians, agaiain the chininese. [boat hornrn blows] [s[serene pan n flute musi] ha l Long Bay Hahas become, for r better or r worse, one ofof vietnamss mostst visited d destinatio. Fortunatelely, Ththis Time Ofof year anywyw, you donnt have to o go too r to lose e yourself i in the pas, findnd a Quiet P Place where you u can still l imagie the grgreat dragonons Tail Thrashshing and chchurning and kickining up these greaeat karsts o of roc. [b[boat horn b blows] chososen mode ofof transportr, the emeraraude, anan old frencnchera Steaear Rerefitted Foror more currenttday needs. S. [sofoft dramaticic music] a big g freaking b boat. And its a all mine. Along Wiwith Friendsds and c, of c course. [steam hisissing] [d[deep hummining] [metallic c clanging]] [b[boat horn b blows] [whimsicalal music] [boat hornrn blows] [b[boat horn b blows] [woman s sings in native e language]] [boat hornrn blows] [boat hornrn blows] i like thihis boat. Were liviving a Littltle Larr than lasast last time e the boat was not t this nice. E. All ththe modern c Conveniencs Bubut the chararms of the e p. Itit fits Perfrfectly Withty ovoverromantitic delusion, and d in generalal, itit does not t suck. [boat hohorn blows]] hello,o, gentlemenen. Hi, tony. How yoyou doing . Wevve having s some gigin and toninic. Gin n and tonic,c, traditioional vietnanamese drin. Well, nonot really, but alall right. This my fifirst time trying t this. Yeyeah . His first t time. How w old are yoyou anyway . . Wait a m minute, youou were Fifive Years O Old Last Titime i was s in ha longng bay. Yeah, jujust 5. He 20 now. W. Wow. Linh andnd i came hehere for r another shshow what feeeels like a lifefetime ago. Back thehen i got toto meet his son miminh, whos s apparentlyly grown. Ththese are pipictures ofof you and h him. Whoaoa. 15 years a ago, 14 yeaears. Oh, mymy god. Lookok at my haiair. Itss changed a a little b. Like o over 8 Millllion Peoe are e coming to o ha long bab . Yeah, everery year, totouri. [all cheerering] all l of this is protectcted, right . T . You cannt Do Anyththing On T these rocksks. No. No, nono. And how mamany ofof these islslands isis it 1,9000 of t these rocksks out there . 1,969,9, and this s is a gogood number,r, you kno . Its a a Lucky Numumber . Six is f for fortunene, and d nine is foforever, so forortune forevever. [serenene pan flutute musi] a drink k or two on the t top deck, c check. Now fofor the restst of the dy tryingng to do as littltle as possisible. A nap, s sunset, maybe sosome more drdrinks, and d what aboutut dinner . One for yoyou. Ohoh, thank yoyou, sir. Cheeeer, my frieiend. Cheers. Soso were eatating some s squi . Tons of sqsquid. Totons of squiuid . Wewe try to geget as m many tons a as possible. Ququeue the Mamajesty Ofof the squidid. [sofoft dramaticic music] at night t this time o of yr the Brigight Lightss Of Ha a long bayss fishing s are unmiststakable. They c can only cacatch the squid d in the evevening. The e Light Attrtract the sqsd so they cacan catch ththem. Right. T. They say y that bee ofof global wawarming, all the e fish are d dying but that t the squid and Cucuttlefish P populatis are inincreasing, so soon n the whole e sea will e fifilled with h plenty of f s. Wewell be eatating it evevery. Oh, yeah, those are e cute, little sququid. Oh, those e are gonna a be ten. Ooh. Mmm. Oh, yeah, the e tentacless are ththe best. They work k all the nin. All the ninight. Ththey work alall the nig. The lilight, it turn onon all the n night. Righght, and thehen sleep all daday . Yeah. Its gotot to be hotot out th, man, sleepeping in thehe day. Yeah. Cheeeers for thehe day. Cheers f for the dayay. [upbeat rorock music]] [ominous music] [soft vivietnamese f folk mu] a momorning swimim, a bowl o of spicy nonoodle, and a viview, perfecect. How mamany in the e family . Six, a a young cououple anand their ththree kids, anand then Thehe Grandma is livining with thehem. The ololdest kidss a girl, and shshe was sentnt into the ee with some e Relativess To G Go to Schooool Becacause they h have Nono Schoolingng here. Right. Floatingng fishing v villages like t this useded to be fouound in neay evevery Sheltetered Cove or c corner of h ha long bay, but t as vietnamam becomes a a e popular r tourist dedestinati, Auauthentic Fifishing Villls are startiting to disasappe. The governrnment has b been Relocatingng Fifishing famimilies inlan, hopingng to minimimize theieir ecologicical impac. The peoplele living on floatating villagages, theyeyre just g generally n e and willlling to Opepen Ththeir home t to us and they b basically f farm oyst . Yeyeah, yeah. A lot ofof Pearls Fofor Se in ha lolong bay andnd in vie. They c come from p places like thihis. It takeses over a yeyear toto grow eachch pearl, and therees No Guararante an oyster r will even n yield. Water r spinach, i think k thats calalled, ri . Water r spinach. Thats thehe most Commmmon Vevegetable for r Vietnamesese In T the summertrtime. Mmhmmmm. Yeah. What kindd of fisish are thesese . Littlele fish . Yeah, haha long fishsh. Ha long fifish. Yeyeah. Its d delicious, yeah. Goodod fish. Mmm. This is s a pretty p prime pe of real l estate, and d theyve lilived here h ho . For many g generationsns. Ththis old grarandma isis 78 years s old, and she sasaid that Heher Grandpdparents Livived here befofore this alall become, a big toururist attracaction. Isis their Sitituation Prorod by the statate . Theyeyre Allowewed To Live E he by s special because ththeyve beenen here soso long . Actuallyly, the Govevernmet Nonow is Encououraging Thehm toto move backck to shoree becaususe its betetter fofor the chilildrens eduduca. [speaking g vietnameses] ththey said ththat theyre happy y to move baback because e its betteter for r their chilildren, but theyeyve been l living he for mamany centuriries, and all l they knoww is just t fishing. Riright. [thundnder rumbleses] [e[ethereal drdramatic musus] just anothther day in n paradis. A Trtropical Dowownpour inin a workingngclass neieighbd on the o outskirts o of han. The lady s selling vegegetabls and gum m and cigarerettes taking a n nap under a piecece of Corrurugated Tin has no idedea whwhats aboutut to happene. Turn arounund for me, sir. [metal detetector beepeps] [beepiping] ththank you. One, two, get d down [ththe boss byby james bror] p paid the cocost to b be the Bossss Look K at me you knonow what youou see you s see a bad m mutha [c[cheers and d applause]] look Atat Me Youou know whatat you see youou see a badad mutha mr. Prpresident. Both gogood to see e you. Mr. Prpresident , how are e you Likingng Vietna . Love it. Markets s like thesese i grew u up with. When i wasas a kid in n jakar, Ththese Were B basically the onlyly markets a availabl. You u know, you u would Buyy Prettyty much evererything in n stalls likike. Yeah, i i wouldnt m mind gogoing in thehere and Hahaggling Andnd seeing what i c could find. D. Ththis countryry, when i i first arrrrived here,e, it s smelled likike a placee that i i would likike. Cecertain coununtries justs phereromonicallyly, they jusust smell gogood, and iw ththeyre gonnnna be good. Do y youdo youou kind o of smell ththat . You know, theres s certain spspices that youou can smellll in certatain countriries thatat you just t dont smelell back h home. Now,w, you know,w, there arare some smemells ththat arent t as appealiling as welell, but thatats part ofof the mix. It i is indeed. So, yeah. Head fofor the turnrn around how w you doing,g, guys . How are yoyou . Heading f for the E Turnaroundnd [cheers s and applauause] i love y you, obama a told yoyou so [u[upbeat rockck music] [speakining vietnamemese] [upbeaeat music] theres s something g magicl about t the smell. L. Ththe minute y you touch d doe it grarabs you, captivatates you, Anand Chancese it holds y you foreverer. Im m not the fifirst to feel ththis way. [cheerining] there is n no better p plae to enterertain the l leader of the f free world,d, in m my opinion,n, than one of thehese classicic, funk, familyrunun noodle Shshops Yoyou find allll over hano. Didinner and a a Beer Cost Aboutut 6. Im guesessing the p presidt doesnnt get a lot of s state dinneners lilike this. Hohow often dodo you get to sneak o out for a b beer . Very rarelely. First ofof all, i dodont get to sneak o out, periodod, bubut theoncnce in a whihile iill take mimichelle outut on a datate night. The prproblem is p part of e enjoying a a restaurant Isis Sitting W with other r pas and enjojoying the a atmosphe, and too o often we e end up gegetting shununted into o e of thosese private r rooms inin the back. K. Well, im m glad i couould, anand to many y more cold d b, mr. Presidident. I apprececiate it, absolutelyly. Mmm. [rock musisic] all right,t, youre Gogonna Haveve to I Will W Walk you ththrough i. Youure Gonna H Have To W Walk me thrhrough this. S. Werre about toto eat bun c. And it is s about as t typicl and ununiquely a h hanoi dish as thehere is. Ththese beautitiful Lilittle Pork K patties, grilleled pork belelly. Bun chcha is Serveved Inin a broth o of vinegar,r, and the Ububiquitous N Nuoc , or Vietntnamese Fermrmented fish sauauce. Chilies s to taste. I memean, if youou have an Importatant Statate Functionon after, you mimight not wawant to go too heavy y on it. You knowow what . Iim going wiwith this ththing. You u know, werre gonna dodo whats a appropriatete. Vinegar. All riright. And ththen You Jusust Hackck off noodldles, and just d drop them into your r bowl. Yeah, itss not too e eleg, but im mamanaging. And you didip and stirr and get Reready Fofor the awesesomeness. Im ready. Y. Now, i is it approropriate toto just popp one of t these wholele suckers in your momouth . Or do o you think k that you should be e a little m more wewell, slurpiping is t totally Acccceptable Inin this partrt of the wowo. Oh, is it . T . Itit takes somome skills, by t the way, to handle e these sticicky, cocold noodleses, but whatevever Your Opopinion of the m man, the Prpresident Hahas ththose skillsls. Mmm. I got toto say. Thisis is killerer. This i is outstandnding. Thats so o good to hehe. Its realllly good. And d we share, apparentl, a sentimenentality about Asasian Streetet food anand Southeasast Asia in n g. One ofof my favoririte meals of all timime, thereres an arerea betweeeen jakarta a and bandunu, Ananother Cityty in indonenesia calllled puncak,k, and d its up ththrough ththe mountainins, so y youd havee these Roroadside Resestaurants Overlookoking the tetea fields. Therered be a r River Runnnning Througugh the e restaurantnt itself, and thereed be thesese fish, ththese carp t that would d be runnining through,h, and yoyoud pick t the fish. Theydd grab it f for you anand fry it u up, anand the skinin would bee real cririspy, and they j just serveded it withth a bed of f rice, and it wasas the Simpmplest Meal L possible, Anand Nothing G tasted so o goo. [serene mumusic] nonow, as a chchicagoan trickikier Questioion Frauaught with p peril. Is ketchupup on a hot t dog Evever Acceptatable . No. No, i rei mean thahat. Thatss one of ththose thingsgs likewewell, lelet me put i it this wayay. Its Notot Acceptablble Past T the age of f eight. My daughghters eighght, and d she put keketchup on e s ththe other dada, and iii wi i didntt know whatat the go what good d Parentingg Calleded for at ththis point. Anan interventntion. I think soso. I i think you u just got t t, you know w what . Ththats not a acceptable. E. Im sorrrry. We are a at a point t whee we seem m to be turnrning inw. I mean, were Actutually Tatalking Abouout Buildingg a Wawall Around D our countrtry, and yet t you have b been reaching o out to peopople who dont t necessarilily agree with usggaza, iran,n, cuba. I i mean, i jujust wish Ththae Americanans had passssports. The exextent to whwhich you can see e how other r people le seems s useful at t worst and Incrcredibly Pleleasurabe and intereresting at b best. It cononfirms the e basic truh that p people Evererywhere Arare pretty m much the sasame, ththe same hopopes and drere, and when y you come to a placece like Vietetnam Anand You See E former amemern vietnam vevets coming g back, when youou see somebebody like a john k kerry or a a john mcc, two Veryry DifferentntPeople Politicalllly and tempmperament, but who wewere able toto bond inin their expxperience ofof mg with theheir former r adversar, anand you donnt make peaeace with y your friendnds. You mamake peace with your r enemies. 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And to m make sure its neverer happened d again. I i met a lot t of war vetet, anand surprisisingly, a lot ofof them donnt fee dont t have any a anger against ththeir old enenemie. And thatsthats amazing. Thatsthat is amazing. I learned so much from them. [soft t dramatic m music] for vietetnamese, we have e so many lelegend, but Ththe Majorityty of Legens Rerelated to o our Tradititn Ofof Fighting G against Foreign N Invaders And D to protectct our countn. Over t the last 2020 years of my lilife ive seen n a lot of c change, and we k know that t theres ststill a lot t of shortcocomin. [bells d dinging] but everytything needsds time. Wewe need to b be patient. T. We c cant rush h because wewe y dont wantnt another w war. Generaral william m westmorel, who cocommanded u. S. Fororces here in t the mid6060s, fafamously saiaid, the oririental doesesnt put the Sasame High Prprice on lie as does a a westernerer. Life e is plentififul. 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