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>> do you smell that? motorbike exhaust. fish sauce. incense. the faraway smell of something is. is that pork grilling over charcoal? in vietnam? it could be no place else. motto. non non piu dingding. >> listen to me, listen to me. >> there is no other way to see this city. hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. to do otherwise would be to miss

it all. >> whoa! >> it is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. >> my heart. is. >> in vietnam. it grabs you and doesn't let you go. once you love it, you love it

forever. i've been coming here since 2000. the first time i'd been to this part of the world, and it's held a special place in my heart and my imagination. since i keep coming back, i have to. >> michael rampino vietnam has changed since last time i was here. >> it's changing every minute. but some things for now anyway, remain the same. important things are like this stuff that's going to be good. björn höcke first meal in hanoi and it's something they do here better than anywhere else. okay, i'm officially in hanoi now.

magic. a spicy, wonderful broth with tomatoes and herb and noodles and fresh snails. plump and delicious. look at those beauties. come to me, plump little love mussel. hanoi, capital city of vietnam. 7.5 million people live here in the winter. it's chilly and damp in the summer. hot humid subtropical, the boulevards and many of the buildings are french, but it's heart and soul is always, always vietnamese. americans coming here as tourists for the first time, especially veterans of the war, are shocked by how friendly the place is. people are genuinely happy to see you. this is hanoi's old

quarter, but it's looking less and less old these days. this area has changed, though, in the irish slash czech themed pub next door. vietnam is a young country. almost half of vietnamese are under the age of 30. few are every year even remember what they call here. the american war those years were a defining time for just about everyone, vietnamese or american, who lived through them. and though there are still a lot of conflicted feelings back home for most vietnamese these days, the war has become an abstraction, not even a memory. vietnam is still a poor nation, but the standard of living has improved a lot with the relaxing of hard line communist economic policies. more and more foreign tourists every year, western chains inevitably are everywhere, and president obama is visiting for the first time, taking another

step on the long path toward normalizing relations between the two countries. that is good. hot. ooh, i hit that chili hard. jun xiang. >> nice to meet you. >> yes. such a pleasure. >> oh, and we have a beer ready to go. great. yes. >> so we are doing by bottle, or are we going to put it in a glass? >> how would you do it if i wasn't here? >> i would put it in the glass. okay. in vietnam and particularly in the north, it would be very improper for a woman to drink straight from the bottle. >> oh, really? yeah. okay, well, i'm glad i know this now. cheers. tao is an

eisenhower fellow and a fulbright scholar. she's devoted her career to help strengthen the bonds between vietnam and the u.s. today, we drove to the outskirts of hanoi. cranes, tall buildings, people moving from the country to the city. marc jacobs, prada i mean, this is a very young country now. >> oh, very much a young nation. they like to eat the kentucky fried chicken. they like to spend a lot of their time on the internet. the history of our country is a history of wars. we had a thousand years under the chinese, and then we had 80 years under the french, and then the japanese came in. and when the american left finally in 1975, we got involved with cambodia. so we only have peace since 1989, just in a matter of a few decades. the entire population will be those without any war experience. and that's a great

thing. >> and what are we eating today? >> well, we are going to have a bank one. >> and that means rice roll very thin, like a crepe. >> yes, it's like crab and inside ground minced pork and woody and mushrooms are. you dip it in and there you go. >> mm. >> oh, that's very good. everything we do internationally, someone refers back to the vietnam experience. you know, let's not do that again. >> let's not repeat vietnam. >> but i find it interesting that the people who had perhaps the most painful experience were among the first to reach out. i think the john mccain story is particularly interesting because here's a guy who had an atrocious experience here in prison, and yet he has been among the most

vocal supporters of normalizing relations. >> it took several trips to vietnam, and so he could see vietnam in a different light. it's no longer a war. it's a country with people. >> have you been out with returning veterans from. >> oh, yes, all the time. >> they often want to go to the area that they serve. >> oh, yes. >> they often even meet with the people they fought. yes. b-52 pilots come to the areas, they unloaded their bombs. yes. what is that experience like? what do you see when they come? >> extremely emotional. extremely emotional. people burst into tears. the memory i kept of you for the five years ago was an enemy. i did anything and everything to protect my life and to protect the people in my platoon. but

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that's still here. >> but there's also this. i put ping. >> hey. >> so good to see you. >> it's nice to see you, too. this is my friend. nice to meet you. she's also my zumba instructor. >> ah, no zumba for me breakfast, though. sounds good. how often a week do you think the average person cooks, and how often do they eat out? >> mostly we just cook at home for dinner because that's the only meal in the day that everybody can be together. but for other meals, normally we eat out. hey hey hi hi hey hey hi. >> i meet my old friend. ha! on the edge of the old quarter. a place known as cussing noodles. >> this is my favorite, favorite restaurant. this way. yes. >> the name comes from the owner. this lady known for the free and frank way she communicates with her customers. i usually

yells at people. >> yes. >> ma'am ma'am, if you go to her counter and order something. >> and then if you're indecisive, like, oh, can i have this? oh no no no no no no. maybe i have this. instead. she's like, i don't have lots of time for you. so just get out of here. really? yeah yeah. they come now. >> and what's the specialty of the house here? >> boon? chenzhou. chenzhou means pig knuckles. >> knuckles, we know that's going to be good. you put up with the abuse for this glorious steaming bowl of rice noodles with spicy chilies. a rich, hearty, porky broth with pig's knuckle and snout. it's the only item on the menu, and it's good. >> you know taro? yes. so this is the name of the plant. and

to prepare this, you have to be very careful. because if you don't do it right, then you get itchy mouth. no, right? no. not toxic. >> you won't die from it. >> but you make your mouth really itchy. >> so interesting wow. that's delicious. >> when people talk about vietnam, they always say about spring rolls or pho. but i think this should be in, in in the list. yeah, in. >> i'm easy. give me some spicy noodles. some pork. i'm happy every time. >> i'm so diddy. nam

i mean, i've been. >> looking out for me. since you are five. i saw. david myers demeco ryans. >> it's a maze of narrow streets and alleyways behind the old french cathedral. vendors set up stools and it's happy hour in hanoi. every doorway, every window. a little slice of life.

in the story, all its own lives lived, being lived. caught for a second, a moment, then gone in vietnam, some time to be truly fun. >> to be friendly. yeah. we have to drink until we are drunk. >> well, well. okay. yeah. we must, we must. >> we don't care for friendship. >> linh dinh, my oldest friend in vietnam from the very beginning. many happy memories, my friend. we've been to saigon. canto, nha trang. he was my original minder for vietnam's ministry of foreign affairs. we became, in spite of his official responsibilities, fast friends. >> one, two, three. hi, yo. welcome back, welcome back. cheers. >> thank you. lina's brought me to a great and proud and uniquely hanoi tradition. be ahoy, be ahoy refers to the roadside joints where locals

gather to consume keg dispensed, freshly brewed draft beer. ah. that's good. >> it's not strong at all, my friend. just like between 3 to 4%. >> wow. so we need to drink a lot. >> yeah, yeah. cheers for hanoi beer. for know. it was something luxurious. 30 years ago, right? and now it's for everyone. yeah, it's not expensive. 10,000 down. >> so that's $0.40. >> 40, $0.45. >> $0.45 a beer. yeah. i'll have another. i can't afford that. the country's changed so much when i first came. bicycles and motorbikes. now a lot of cars. >> all cars. >> look, money. yeah, people are making money. business is good. yeah, right. i mean, much, much, much more tourism every year. >> yes, yes. people also enjoy life more. more,

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for. how many in the family. >> six young couple and their three kids. and then the grandma is living with them. the oldest kid is a girl, and she was sent into the show with some relatives to go to school because they have no schooling here. right? >> floating fishing villages like this used to be found in nearly every sheltered cove or corner of halong bay. but as vietnam becomes a more popular tourist destination, authentic fishing villages are starting to disappear. the government has been relocating fishing families inland, hoping to minimize their ecological impact. >> the people living on floating villages, they just genuinely nice and willing to open their home to us, and they basically farm oysters. yeah, yeah, a lot of pearls for sale in halong bay and in vietnam. >> they come from places like this. it takes over a year to grow each pearl, and there's no guarantee an oyster will even

yield one. water spinach. i think that's called right. >> that's the most common vegetable for vietnamese yeah. summertime. yeah. >> kind of fish. are these. little fish. >> yeah. how long fish. >> how long fish. >> yeah. what are. >> delicious? oh, man. good fish. this is a pretty prime piece of real estate. they've lived here. how long? >> for many generations. this old grandma is 78 years old. and she said that her grandparents lived here before this home. become like a big tourist attraction. >> is their situation protected by the state? they're allowed to live here by special because they've been here so long. >> actually, the government now is encouraging them to move back to shore because that's better for their children's

education, not. for artemis moshtaghian lindsey vonn waiting mingyong. mingyong can't remember. hong kong when it nam was nam nam. i think they said that they were happy to move back because it's better for their children, but they've been living here for many centuries and all they know is she's fishing, right? now. >> just another day in paradise. a tropical downpour at a working class neighborhood

on the outskirts of hanoi. the lady selling vegetables and gum and cigarettes, taking a nap under a piece of corrugated tin has no idea what's about to happen. one, two. >> get down. there. they cause you be the boss. look at me. you know what? see? see? a bad mother. look at me. no, but. see see a bad mother.

>> good to see you. see you. >> you can't be the boss. >> the president. how you like in vietnam? love it. markets like these i grew up with when i was a kid in jakarta. >> these were basically the only markets available. you know, you would buy pretty much everything in stalls like this. yeah, i wouldn't mind going in there and haggling and seeing what i could find this country. >> when i first arrived here, it smelled like a place that i would like. certain countries just periodically they just smell good and i know where they're going to be good. it kind of smell that, you know, there's certain spices that you can smell in certain countries that you just don't smell back home. >> now, you know, there are some smells that aren't as appealing as well. yeah, but that's part of the mix there's going to be. >> yeah. head for the turn around. >> how you doing, guys? how you ready for the turn around? i love you, man. told you

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up! >> there's something magical about the smell. the minute you touch down here, it grabs you and captivates you. and chances are, it holds you forever. i'm not the first to feel this way. there is no better place to entertain the leader of the free world, in my opinion, than one of these classic funky family run noodle shops you find all over hanoi. dinner and a beer cost about $6. i'm guessing the president doesn't get a lot of state dinners like this. how often do you get to sneak out for a beer?

>> very rarely. first of all, i don't get to sneak out. period. but the once in a while, i'll take michelle out on a date night. the problem is, part of enjoying a restaurant is sitting with other patrons and enjoying the atmosphere. and too often we end up getting shunted into one of those private rooms at the back. >> well, i'm glad i could help. and to many more cold beers. the president. >> all right, you're gonna have to. >> i will walk you through it. >> you're gonna have to walk me through this. >> we're about to eat a buncha and it is about as typical and uniquely a hanoi dish as there is these beautiful little pork patties, some grilled pork belly. beyoncé is served in a broth of vinegar, sugar, and the ubiquitous mom or

vietnamese fermented fish sauce chilies to taste. i mean, if you have an important state function after, you might not want to go too heavy. >> i'm not going with this thing. you know, we're going to do what's appropriate with vinegar. all right. >> and then you just hack off noodles. you just drop them into your bowl. >> yeah, it's not too elegant, but i'm mad at it. >> and you dip and stir and get ready for the awesomeness. >> i'm ready. now. is it appropriate to just pop one of these whole suckers in your mouth, or do you think that you should be a little more? >> well, slurping is totally acceptable in this part of the world, but it takes some skills, by the way, to handle these sticky cold noodles. but whatever your opinion of the man, the president has those skills. i got to say, this is killer. >> this is outstanding. >> so good to hear. >> it's really good. >> and we share, apparently the sentimentality about asian street food and southeast asia in general. >> one of my favorite meals of all time. there's an area

between jakarta and bandung, another city in indonesia called puncak, and it's up through the mountains. so you'd have these roadside restaurants overlooking the tea fields. there'd be a river running through the restaurant itself, and there'd be these fish, these carp that would be running through it, and you'd pick the fish, they'd grab it for you and fry it up, and the skin would be real crispy, and they just serve it with a better rice. and it was the simplest meal possible. and nothing tasted so good. >> now, as a chicagoan, trickier question, fraught with peril. is ketchup on a hot dog ever acceptable? no, no. >> i mean, i mean that that's one of those things like, well, let me put it this way, it's not acceptable. past the age of eight, my daughter is eight and she put ketchup on eggs the other day, and i didn't know what to. >> what good parenting called for at this point, an intervention, i think so i think you just got to say, you know what? >> that's not acceptable. i'm

sorry. hey, hey. we are at a point where we seem to be turning inwards. >> i mean, we're actually talking about building a wall around our country, and yet you have been reaching out to people who don't necessarily agree with us. gaza iran. cuba. i mean, i just wish that more americans had passports. the extent to which you can see how other people live seems useful at worst. and incredibly pleasurable and interesting at best. >> it confirms the basic truth that people everywhere are pretty much the same. the same hopes and dreams. and when you come to a place like vietnam and you see former american vietnam vets coming back, when you see somebody like a john kerry or a john mccain, two very different people politically and temperamentally, but who

were able to bond in their experience of meeting with their former adversaries. and you don't make peace with your friends. you make peace with your enemies. >> as the father of a young girl, is it all going to be okay? it's all going to work out. my daughter will be able to come here in five years. ten years, she'll be able to have a bowl of bonchon. and the world will be a better place. >> yeah. i mean, i think progress is not a straight line. you know, there's going to be moments at any given part of the world where things are terrible, but having said all that. i think things are going to work out. >> thank you so much. cheers, cheers. >> andy, it has been one wild year. i know that home live stream was crazy. what? oh, wait, you mean the rumors about me and the french pole vaulter?

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absolutely free text love to 321321. >> today i'm steve contorno covering the trump transition in west palm beach, florida. >> and this is cnn. >> sauer. o john king ben hong, hong kong nam nine houthi. >> the vast majority of this country don't remember the american war. they don't remember any war. no. you used to be a tour guide. >> yes. >> for how many years?

>> 15 years. >> 15 years? i know you have to bring people over to the museum. the american war museum. but every time. right? yeah. in your lifetime, is it going to be a time when that's not going to have to be a stop? it won't be necessary. it won't even be important. no one will remember. or should people always remember? >> i think it's good to remember so we don't make the same mistake. you know, some people choose to be angry, to hold a grudge, but then some people choose to let go and follow the peace inside themselves. that's up to the person. and i think it's good that the. it's important that we know about history. and to make sure it's never happen again.

i made a lot of war veterans and surprisingly, a lot of them don't feel don't have any anger against. they. old enemies. and that's that's amazing. that is amazing. i learned so much from them. for vietnamese, we have so many

legends, but the majority of the legends related to our tradition of fighting against foreign invaders to protect our country. over the last 20 years of my life, i've seen a lot of changes, and we know that there's still a lot of shortcomings. but everything needs time. we need to be patient. we can't rush because we really don't want another war. >> general william westmoreland, who commanded u.s. forces here in the mid 60s, famously said, the oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does a westerner. life is plentiful. life is cheap in the orient. it was an

extraordinarily grotesque and wrongheaded observation from a guy who, if nothing else, was expected to understand his enemy on the battlefield. he could not. it turned out, do even that. maybe. i hope we are a little bit smarter now.