35 Years After Vietnam War: The Path Back Home

WORLD -- April 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM EDT

35 Years After Vietnam War: The Path Back Home

NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro recently reported from Vietnam on the stories of several Vietnamese-Americans, who returned to their country of birth, and what they found once they got there:

Software entrepreneur Victor Luu was welcomed with tax breaks to move his California-based business to Vietnam;
Nguyen Qui Duc, a journalist, encountered suspicion from authorities upon his return. He later opened a bar in Hanoi, which serves as a venue for music and book readings;
And Diep Vuong started a foundation to educate women to make them less vulnerable to the sex trade in Southeast Asia.

Lazaro describes more of the profiles in his report -- airing Tuesday on the NewsHour -- in this conversation with Hari Sreenivasan:

Update: You can watch Lazaro's full report from Vietnam here.

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