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North leads Spartan life as Vietnam reunites
A reporter’s journey from Hanoi to Saigon shows stark contrasts between the North’s austere postwar reconstruction and the South’s apparent affluence. Markets, electronics, and consumer goods appear in Hue and Saigon, while the DMZ is gone but gaps remain in living standards and economic systems.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Uth
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh
Indendence Palace
DeSoto
Demilitarized Zone
Sith
Ben Hai River
da Nang
Indochina
Highway 1
U.S
Daz
Hue