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Saigon Buries War Past

Breakneck rush to development leaves high-rises in place of multi-tiered history

By Michael Foreman, Newser User

Posted Aug 19, 2008 12:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – It looks like Saigon, “the Paris of the East,” can't wait to ditch its colorful culture and tumultuous history for a shining capitalist future, Peter Jon Lindberg writes in Travel + Leisure. Officially Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese “cosmopolis,” 8... Read full story »

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