HANOI: The Vietnamese capital once trembled as waves of American bombers unleashed their payloads, but when Kim Jong-un arrives here for his summit with President Donald Trump, he won’t find rancour toward a former enemy. Instead the North Korean leader will get a glimpse at the potential rewards of reconciliation.
By the time the Vietnam War ended in 1975, tens of thousands of tons of explosives had been dropped on Hanoi and nearly two decades of fighting had killed three million Vietnamese and more than 58,000 Americans.