Secret train streets in Hanoi?
Visit Dec 2018 Hanoi, a city of many past names, was originally known as Long Biên ( “dragon edge”) during the CHinese ccupation. Long Biên Bridge, built during French colonial time just happened to be the highlight of my recent revisit to Hanoi. I’ve long had a love affair with Vietnam. It is the incredible […]
Watch the new covert war doco through the stories of Hmong elders
Not many people know about the secret war in Laos and the way it affects local people’s lives today in 2018. Many centres have a UXO centre which have information, bombs, and interesting videos. If you visit Luang Prabang you can be sure I’ll take you to the small, interesting UXO centre. The recent documentary by […]
Lao people display incredible strength, living with 80 million unexploded bombs
“This Little Land of Mines,” a documentary by American University Student Fellow Erin McGoff. “This Little Land of Mines” documents the resilience of the Lao people as they work to remove unexploded ordnance left behind by the United States during the Vietnam War. The U.S. dropped 270 million bombs over Laos during a nine-year covert […]
Development, Laos, Secret-War, UXO, Video, Vietnam
Vietnam Secret Ops Army Medic to Receive Medal of Honor from Trump
President Donald Trump on Oct. 23 will award the Medal of Honor to Sgt. Gary Rose, an Army medic who was involved in secret operations in Laos during the Vietnam War. The Huntsville, Alabama, man during an assault on his unit in the jungles of Laos continued to treat wounded troops after being wounded himself, […]
Laos, News, Secret-War, UXO, Vietnam