Past memories: A file photo taken on April 30, 1975, showing residents crowding North Vietnamese army tanks in Saigon. The current situation in Kabul has revived painful US memories of the fall of Saigon. — AFP
Just as US forces struggle with the desperate evacuation from Afghanistan, Vice-President Kamala Harris embarks on a trip to Vietnam, site of perhaps an even more infamous American military debacle.
The South-East Asia trip, also taking in Singapore and a virtual meeting with Asean regional representatives, was planned long before a Taliban victory last weekend triggered the US scramble from Afghanistan.
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