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USA struggles to deal with new Vietnam [audio 39min]

For many, Vietnam still represents the war that America lost. But when President Bush visits Vietnam this week he'll find a country that is vibrant, booming, and eager to do more business with the United States. Guests: Dana Sachs, author of The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam; Peter Zinoman, associate professor of History at UC Berkeley and founding editor/editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies; and Andrew Lam, editor for New America Media and author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora.
Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"