While I don't quite understand how Vietnam has a good relationship with the US, there is a wonderful irony in seeing a photo of a US president sitting under the bust of the guy who's country sent America running.
Vietnam just wants everybody to grill for god sake.
They're also just too based to hate. They're the country that mobilized against Pol Pot even when China and the USA were backing Pot. I was taught in school that the Vietnam War was widely people defending their homes. It's hard to teach the history of Ho Chi Minh without making him sound like an absolute badass
They don't want to be pariahs in the global economy. Both the US and China invaded Vietnam in the past 50 years. Imagine how much worse off the Vietnamese would be if they held a grudge against both of them.
While I don't quite understand how Vietnam has a good relationship with the US, there is a wonderful irony in seeing a photo of a US president sitting under the bust of the guy who's country sent America running.
Vietnam just wants everybody to grill for god sake.
They're also just too based to hate. They're the country that mobilized against Pol Pot even when China and the USA were backing Pot. I was taught in school that the Vietnam War was widely people defending their homes. It's hard to teach the history of Ho Chi Minh without making him sound like an absolute badass
They don't want to be pariahs in the global economy. Both the US and China invaded Vietnam in the past 50 years. Imagine how much worse off the Vietnamese would be if they held a grudge against both of them.