HO CHI MINH HIGHWAY, Vietnam – If relentless American bombing didn't get him, it would take a North Vietnamese soldier as long as six months to make the grueling trek down the jungled Ho Chi ...

The highway, they warn, will be lined with homes, small restaurants and shops, permanently altering the ecology of western Vietnam.

We are driving along the infamous Highway One, once known as the ‘street without joy’ during the US/Vietnam War. Read Dr Elizabeth Kemf's diary of her recent visit to Vietnam and Laos, as she explores ...