The real truth is that Viet Nam has been at starvation levels until about 10 years ago. It was only then that they produced more than they consumed and could export rice, nuts and other products. To give you an idea there are no animals in the Zoo, they all got eaten.
The truth about what happened after our pullout is horrible. Those "anti-war" protesters have blood on their hands. That's the dark side of their movement that the mainstream media will never touch.
Let's be factual. There are animals in the zoos.
But there is still a lot of poverty in VN.