Enjoying the comforts of Hotel Continental Saigon included satelite television. Lots of stuff about the American Viet Nam war. Australian Network had an story on an American vet who returns each year as a pilgrimage to visit a family in the zone said "There is no excuse for what we did". "That war puts a great shame on our nation."
Somehow he, Fred, and his brother Ted Whitehouse had the diary of the family's daughter which has been published as 'The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram - Last Night I dreamed of Peace"
Each person you meet has a story. The Communications Manager in the Hotel, his father died in the latter stages of the war when he was nine. "Most Vietnamese people don't care any more" he says "as they live in the cities". Not so for the people in the rural areas who live with the problem daily.
Despite the extant problem, Viet Nam did not sign the Oslo Treaty against Cluster Munitions as they worry about China to the north and maintain stocks.
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