Hanoi lights honor Ho Chi Minh as war memories fade
AP veteran photographer Horst Faas recounts a 1974 visit witnessing released American prisoners and Hanoi’s postwar life. Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum dominates the capital, while a rebuilt yet underused rail hub and new economic plans hint at Vietnam’s slow restart amid sparse fuel and lingering war relics.
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Philippines bomb Moslem rebel strongholds in south
Government planes and ships bombarded Moro National Liberation Front outposts on the Zamboanga peninsula as Nur Misuari’s Libyan-based group fights Manila. Defense Secretary Enrile branded Misuari’s organization a treacherous and barbarous criminal force using deceit to destroy lives in pursuit of autonomy.
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Foreign GIs and bar life amid wartime memories in Hanoi
Wanderer notes Gl slang among Vietnamese bar girls catering to a cosmopolitan clientele including Russians and their wives, East and West Germans. He describes drab cities Hanoi and Hai Phong after decades of war, sparse shops, and government admits economic housing and food shortages as he travels the Red River Delta past bomb targets like Hai Duong and Thai Nguyen.
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Thai Nguyen
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Teng plays safe in China power game
AP reports Teng Hsiao-ping, twice fallen from power in China’s history, has moved to secure his position as third man in the leadership. Since July he has sat back in public and built support, aiming for premier while guiding an industrial leap forward and placing loyalists in key military roles amid party intrigue and rival figures.
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Hua
Mth Party
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Li Hsier-nien
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