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Profile: Hue, Vietnam, since the fall of Saigon and end of war
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Profile: Hue, Vietnam, since the fall of Saigon and end of war
Host: LIANE HANSEN
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
LIANE HANSEN, host:
Weeks before the fall of Saigon, Communist troops captured the city
of Hue. It was a big victory, some say even bigger than the taking
of Saigon. Today, as NPR's Eric Weiner reports, Hue has recovered
from the war, and the Vietnamese government is trying to showcase
the city as, what it calls, a national treasure.
ERIC WEINER reporting:
The first thing you notice about Hue is what you don't hear: no deafening
traffic, no ...
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