It was the mis-guided war of super powers who used Vietnam as a test. The war veterans are still lost somewhere in time. The system swallowed them long ago and left them with their baggage on some far off high way of history. But nobody seems to have learnt any lesson so far. The world has accumulated even more lethal armament hardware enough to kill ourselves 100s of times.
History repeats but with different angles.
The French are going crazy in investing and finding the best opportunities to exploit. The Indians still go there to trade and embrace the people with compassion. The Chinese, Malaysians, Indonesians and other Asians all over Asia are coming back to Vietnam to contribute and to build. Ho Chi Minh's dream is coming true after almost 65 years. Vietnam is free.