Dad converts van into wooden tank for son


Toys for boys: Dao and his son riding in the tank in Bac Ninh province near Hanoi. — AFP

A Vietnamese father has spent hundreds of hours and invested thousands converting an old van into a wooden tank for his son – an unusual hobby in a country once ravaged by war.

Every weekend, Truong Van Dao trundles what was once a 16-seat minibus around his neighbourhood in Bac Ninh province, east of capital Hanoi, with his three-year-old son sitting proudly in the turret.

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