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05 December 2012
Ho Chi Minh City – once the Saigon of French diplomats, English writers and American soldiers – is now in its own role as the powerhouse of Vietnam. This is an industrious city of giant markets, an economic experiment of communism and capitalism, and a mad, scatty world of motorscooters.
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