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INTRODUCTION History weighs heavily on Vietnam. For more than a decade, reportage of the war that racked this slender country portrayed it as a netherworld of savagery and slaughter; and even after the American War ended it was further pigeon-holed by Hollywoods seamless chain of combat movies. Yet, only twenty-odd years after the wars end, this incredibly resilient nation is beginning to emerge from the shadows: access is now easier than ever, and the country has re-invented its old-style communist system as a free market economy that encourages contact. As the number of tourists finding their way here soars, the word is out that this is a land not of bomb craters and army ordnance, but of shimmering paddy fields and sugar-white beaches, full-tilt cities and venerable pagodas often overwhelming in its sheer beauty. The speed with which Vietnams population of some 77 million has been able to put the bitter events of its recent past behind it, and focus its gaze so steadfastly on the future, comes as a surprise to visitors expecting to encounter shell-shocked resentment of the West and war fatigue. It wasnt always like this, however. The reunification of North and South Vietn
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- Author
- Mark Lewis, Jan Dodd
- Publisher
- Rough Guides ; Distributed by the Penguin Group
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781858283395
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Travel, History, Language Learning
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14