Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Veteran Gary Canant, famous author of over 200 letters to his wife Maxie during the Vietnam War, arrived in Hanoi Monday on a nine-day trip during which he will play the bugle in memory of war victims.
Accompanying him was Maxie and his son Kevin, who served in Iraq in 2003-04.
Maxie said: “Our trip to Vietnam this time aims to commemorate the deaths. And we want to say we hate war.”

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates praised Vietnam’s community health programs, especially its vaccination programs, at a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Tuesday.

Gates said Vietnam had one of the best vaccination programs in the world despite still being a developing nation.

VIETNAM - U.S. JOINT STATEMENT

Hanoi - November 2006