of central vietnam. >> reporter: international media often refer to vietnam as a country with a vibrant economy, but in reality, economic development has taken off primarily in the north around the capitol hanoi, where i am now, and down in the south around ho chi minh. until recently, they had been left behind the race for prosperity, but that picture is starting to change. over the next three days, we take a closer look at how vietnam is trying to bring the central provinces up to speed. now, hanoi is at the forefront of the nation's economic development. earlier, i went to take a look at how things in the capitol are changing. hanoi is experiencing a construction boom. high-rise buildings are popping up across the city. you can also see many huge shopping malls all over hanoi. now this is the newest shopping mall that's just opened up last december. it's the largest imporium in vietnam with a total area of 100,000. this makes this one of the hottest shopping spots in hanoi. >> translator: i bought a notebook pc and a cell phone. >> translator: i came to shop for a 43-inch tv. this ma

development of central vietnam. patchari raksawong is in the capital, hanoi. >> reporter: international media often refer to vietnam as a country with a vibrant economy. but in reality, economic development has taken off, primarily in the north, around the capital hanoi, where i am now, and down in the south, around the great metropolis of ho chi minh. until recently, central vietnam had been left behind in this race to prosperity, but that picture is starting to change. over the next three days, we take a closer look at how vietnam is trying to bring the central provinces up to speed. now, hanoi is at the forefront of the nation's economic development. earlier i went to take a look at how things in the capital are changing. hanoi is experiencing a construction boom. high rise buildings are popping up across the city. you can also see many huge shopping malls all over hanoi. now this is the newest shopping mall that just opened up last december. it is the largest emporium in vietnam with a total area of 60,000 squar

vietnam. >> never has so much military, economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively as in vietnam. if after all of this time and all of this sacrifice and all of this support there is still no end in sight, then i say the time has come for the american people to turn to new leadership, not tied to the policy and mistakes of the past. i pledge to you we shall have an honorable end to the war in vietnam. this time vote like your whole world depended on it. >> pat buchanan, give these students a sense of what was going on that year just with vietnam and the draft. >> well, the country was coming apart. in 1968, it was one of the seminal years of the century and of american political history. you had the demonstrations and the riots on campuses largely tied to the vietnam war. you had the urban riots and disorders that culminated after dr. king was murdered in 100 american cities including my hometown of washington, seventh street and street corridors. these places were burning. in vi

to heal the lingering scars of the vietnam war. and we'll look at new industries emerging from that tragic past. so do join us tomorrow. and with that we'll wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong reporting from hanoi. >>> a world famous singer has made a bumpy transition into politics. he wanted to become the next president of senegal. but the high court in the west african country barred him from running in sunday's elections. still, he's determined to change the way things are done. nhk world reports from dakar. ♪ >> reporter: he's a superstar in his homeland, senegal, and is well known around the world. many of his songs call for action on issues such as poverty and the environment. his blend of traditional senegalese rhythms is western musical styles has won him many international fans. and in 2005, he won a grammy award. ♪ his music is rooted in the tradition of the griots whose songs keep alive the history of the ancient culture. griots are cherish inside senegal, performing at weddings and other events. he's descended

on the challenges and opportunities facing central vietnam. we'll have a report on the burgeoning tourism market in just a moment. but first, some other news from the region. the trial has begun in manila of the former president of the philippines. she appeared in court on thursday and pleaded not guilty to charges of electoral fraud. she was indicted in november on suspicion of ordering the manipulation of vote counts during a senate election in 2007. the case is viewed as a key test for the government of the president who has made eliminating corruption a priority. and next we continue our special report on central vietnam boosting tourist arrives is a key goal with the central region to catch up with economic development in the rest of vietnam. now it's world heritage sites and ocean view haves the potential to attract visitors from all over the world. here in hanoi, the tourist infrastructure is better established. but as i found out, even here the tourism experience isn't always entirely smooth. hanoi is an historic city with plenty of th

vietnam is now developing. >> translator: the vietnam war is history. our country is growing at a pace to catch up with world powers. >> reporter: as we have reported, people in hanoi and other big cities today rarely feel the lingering impact of the war. but for those in the still poor central region, the site of many hard fought battle the scars remain unhealed. the legacy of agent orange sprayed over forests is particularly harsh. but there's now a substance that holds hope and not only for restoring devastated forests, but also in fighting poverty. and that substance is arga wood. a fragrant wood produced in central vietnam what fetches high prices in countries like china and japan. just a gram of this first grade wood costs about $520 in japan. this three kilogram tree is estimated to be worth at least $1.5 million. we have more on this story. >> reporter: this village is pinning hopes on the wood to rejuvenate its economy. it sits in the district of a luoi in the mountains border laos. bomb craters remain as ponds. u.s. aircraft that spread agent

vietnam is now developing. >> translator: the vietnam war is history. our country is growing at a pace to catch up with world powers. >> reporter: as we have reported, people in hanoi and other big cities today rarely feel the lingering impact of the war. but for those in the still poor central region, the site of many hard fought battle the scars remain unhealed. the legacy of agent orange sprayed over forests is particularly harsh. but there's now a substance that holds hope and not only for restoring devastated forests, but also in fighting poverty. and that substance is arga wood. a fragrant wood produced in central vietnam what fetches high prices in countries like china and japan. just a gram of this first grade wood costs about $520 in japan. this three kilogram tree is estimated to be worth at least $1.5 million. we have more on this story. >> reporter: this village is pinning hopes on the wood to rejuvenate its economy. it sits in the district of a luoi in the mountains border laos. bomb craters remain as ponds. u.s. aircraft that spread agent

there were vast protests against the vietnam war all over europe. there was a kind of generational divide that opened up in that period that really defined all that went after. i wanted do contextualize things as to the importance of this moment. this was the most important year between the end of world war ii and the fall of communist in 1989. also because this is ancient history to a lot of people, i had a question from one student that i think it would be useful to answer to point up a little bit of what was going on and what hubert humphrey was dealing with at the time. so chris. >> my question is, what was it that made hubert humphrey such an outstanding legislator but an ineffective presidential candidates, especially considering he was running against nixon who already had one failed attempt at the presidency versus jfk? >> chris, to your question we go to mick. >> well, i don't think it's fair to say he was an ineffective presidential candidate. i think in another year he would have been very effective. it was nearly impossible for anybody i

so he got into vietnam very early, and he wanted to. he wanted to be the first, and i think he really kind of got off on the fact that he was getting there in the trunk of a car, and he set up this holding company to disguise his ownership, and he was there, and the state department was going crazy about it, but he was going to outsmart them. you know, it became this sort of cat and mouse thing with larry. the great thing is it allowed him to buy some incredible properties in vietnam that some people say will never be purchased again. they're just incredible. the bad thing is he was 20 years ahead of hi r -- his time, so you had hotels he built where people in vietnam couldn't stay in them, they weren't allowed to stay, because they were scared they would try and cook in their rooms or do things that were fine in the local culture, but you couldn't have people, like, cooking in their $300 room at the palace hotel. so the assets did not do well. he put in over $100 million before they were ready for business, and, um, they were sold a fe

i think that even though vietnam eventually fell, it was a success in this sense. if you take indonesia and malaysia and singapore, thailand, all those countries that are the tigers of asian, they decided in those areas that we're on the side of the rest, and the americans are fighting. this asian communism is not necessarily the future of our region. maybe freedom and maybe independence are and maybe western oriented societies are. so i think in that sense vietnam was a success in terms of what it demonstrated the united states was willing to do to fight for to prevent the spread of communism. and so i think in that way -- but then as said there's noo argument for going into the war and losing it. >> let's go back to bob. >> i have a couple questions. one from ray and another from chris. >> mr. buchanan, in the past you expressed discontent for neoconservatives and the likes of reagan democrats. would you liken these conservatives to present day establishment in gop members or to tea party members? >> the neoconservatives are a -- are basically -- i would tell you

but our concern was keeping the public supportive of us in the vietnam war. so mitchell was really the dominant factor in the straenl that we ended up with of trying to prevent publication my approach to it was that the public was right had they cleared it but they knew we had a rule that you should classify a document, you should clear it and they hadn't done that and that was my argument against it. that was supported some by the courts. >> what was mel laird's issue? >> mel was just very angry about the whole thing because he thought it reflected on him and the department and he wanted to go get them. >> someone in the pentagon later concluded that most of his material was not really of great sensitivity. >> yeah. >> what was the strategy for dealing with leaking? >> well, the person who was most sensitive about it was henry. then the president would get angry and he would share little thing on news notes, write a note on the side to me, why don't you stop talking to these people or just stop talking to them. i took the attitude that i'm independent, i tal

heroes of the vietnam war. when he read the blog, it kind of chastised me and asked me why i called them heroes. he said the real heroes are the ones on that wall. what's your take on that attitude, mike? the fact that, you know, they don't want any of the credit because as he said the real heroes are the ones on that wall. >> the real heroes -- yes, damian, the ones on the wall are the heroes. the ones that gave their life in the name of freedom. the ones who stepped forward. they enlisted, they got drafted. all ethnic groups. they went forward and fought the war. unfortunately, many didn't survive that war. and never came home. and those are the true heroes. the ones that gave up their tomorrows for our today's. >> jeff is the architect of the project we've been showing you. what made you say i want this? >> there was no hesitation. i was contacted really from mike to -- it's a long story how we had known each other and introduced me to the foundation. and he explained what they were trying to do, and i was m

it was a living room war. >> vietnam was an abration. the administration wanted to show how you tough america was being on communism. you went out there as a correspondent and you were allowed to go where you wanted to. >> a lot of the reporting from vietnam which was clearly one sided. we saw the horrors of it and so on but did not hear much of what was happening on the other side. >> oliver: at its peak over 600 journalists were covering vietnam. the military invested men and material to record the war. like christopher jensen. >> i was attending photo journalism courses and it occurred to me maybe what i ought to do it enlift in the army. if you enlisted it was three years but the mill tar arery would train you in a specialty that you requested. >> oliver: jensen became one of 300,000 soldiers trained by the signal corps to shoot pictures. the military's role in documenting wars is easy to overlook. much of the film you see of wars past was shot by troops, not independent journalists. >> dominating the main highway to the north. >> on

enough to kill, but not to vote ♪ >> ♪ all we are saying, is give peace a chance ♪ >>> even in the vietnams, songs raised questions. >> ♪ if you have any debt it takes getting old ♪ too many people have died ♪ >>> we're now in the fifth year of the war in iraq, and if the polls are right, it's more unpopular than the wars in iraq. so why are we not hearing more protests songs. >> you're listening to klax berkeley. >> klax is the university's station in berkeley. this time around there's no draft, but -- >> we're still going to the polls. we're still expressing our disinterest. we're still going to protests. if it isn't in the radio it doesn't mean it's not in our thoughts. >> reporter: this was country joe mcdonald almost 38 years ago leading hundreds of thousands of people at wood stock in an anti war sing along. >> ♪ and it's 57, open up the prairie gates ♪ ain't no time to wonder why we're all going to die ♪ >> and this is country joe today. he told us he thinks there's actually more political music now than ever. especially punk and hip hop. >> ♪ >> but most of it is not on the radio.

they attacked over 100 cities and towns in south vietnam.ting much of it on city streets 1100 americans at 3900 south vietnamese troops were killed. photographer eddy adams was on the streets in saigon when a sniper was cornered. >> they pull this guy out the door and they grab the sniping on the second story. they just seen them and we follow him walking up the street. i see this guy walk in as soon as he got close to him he raised the pistol up i raced my camera and took a picture. >> as soon as he got him he walked toward me and he said they killed many of my men and many of your people. it's either them or you. they grabbed in guy after he shot another guy. i tell them if you were him at that time how old you control the picture? >> the execution received the 1969 pul lites zer prize something that still amazes adams. >> i am not joking i still get the picture of him running dounl. i have seen great pictures in vietnam ahell of a lot better than my picture. >> june 8, 1972. >> pick up my camera focus the lens i took a picture. >> like sm

. >> joe galloway was 23 when he begin his first tour in vietnam. in 1965 he found himself in the first major battle in the central highlands. with lieutenant he documented the fight we were soldiers once and young. since vietnam he has stayed close to the battlefield heading back to war over half a dozen times. >> story is always the same. the absolute raw edge of humanity. this is what you are trying to capture. there is no other way to do that than go with them. >> oliver: go with them. dates to the first war correspondent, william howard russell. he found his way to america but this time he was far from alone. >> people could read what happened yesterday rather than what happened two weeks ago. >> oliver: to bring the civil war, 600 reporters converged. one paper spent 63 men into the field and spent almost a million dollars. matthew brady captured the agony of the civil war and sold his pictures directly to an eager public starved for information. photographs didn't be a regular fixture in newspapers until after 1880. photographs like this, the

, the vietnam war, coming home from the vietnam war. he began to raise money then, but until that time he had no tv advertising. the lesson can be learned from that that you especially in day and age of ridiculous money in plans that you need to be prepared and have a plan and have money. part of why he didn't have any of this is because of the '68 convention. he had nobody backing him up. nobody supporting him. the party didn't support him. after coming out of the convention nobody wanted to help him. that's one thing to be learned, that you need to have a plan, and these days you have to have the money. it doesn't seem to work any other way, and it's uncomfort. that's the way it seemed to be. >> the title of your film, the art of the possible, why did you select that? >> because of his legislation.

kennedy had his eye on the situation in vietnam that fall.t, as i said, just two days before he got killed, talking about what he was going to follow up with south vietnam. let's listen. >> they were going to have a briefing book for me by saturday. i think i ought to be back here till maybe seven. then i have to see cabot lodge on sunday. what is your sense about where we would have gone? we went with 500,000 troops as our complement of troops over there. subsequent beginning in '65. do you think kennedy would have -- i have my own views. do you think kennedy would have escalated the way johnson did? >> i absolutely do not. the evidence is, i think, growing all the time that john f. kennedy would not have been suckered into vietnam the way lyndon johnson was. i say that was mike forstel. i'd written the book of his father and i used to interview him. john f. kennedy had gone to him and wanted a plan how to get out of there. there was a feeling it was a lost cause. kennedy gave a world peace speech. he was starting a new kind of foreign polic

the question is, you know, after vietnam most vietnam veterans were just basically dumped and were back with their families within four or five days within being in combat. and i can attest to that. i got off -- i flew from vietnam to el toro marine base in california. i had another year to do but most of the other guys were getting discharged. we got down off the airplane, there were card tables set all the way down the runway and they processed them through. don't -- and the last table was would you like to have cash now or a ticket home, which would be the equivalent amount. and i know a lot of the kids took cash and went down to the bars in san diego and they're probably still there. you know, that was really wrong. you have to have time. i mean, my father said he was seasick for a month but he spent -- he spent a month talking to his friends and wonder what it's going to be like at home. i wonder if there's any jobs. and they weren't inclined to talk deep dark serious stuff but they had time to decompress. they didn't move immediately and, again, i call it this field -- this temple

the north vietnamese kept troops in south vietnam.he american troops left, they easily took the rest of the south vietnam and turned out the cong were the puppets, complete fraud and north vietnam took over the whole country. so of course the taliban wants a peace agreement. just like the north vietnamese did. peace agreement to see the american troops leave and then they can exploit it. and defeat -- as join said, the taliban -- as juan said, taliban losing to the nato troops and u.s. troops but they are not losing to karzai and his troops. then they can take over the country in the same way the north vietnamese did years ago. 34 years ago. and you can see it. we have seen this movie. once the american troops are gone, it's all over. to think, one thing i disagree with charles is, maybe you were being fetishes about the good taliban. they all want the same thing. good ones and bad ones. >> you are leaving out pakistan. it will be decisive because it supports the bad guy, as well as some of the bad guy. in the end it may not want comp

jose, the brave men who gave their lives for this country in vietnam. there is an effort to build a memorial in their honor for all of those kia in the vietnam war. a good friend who has an incredible tribute to those who are no longer with us who served in the military. welcome to the show. tell us if you will about this endeavor. we do have some clips. we will have the architect talk about his vision here. this is -- i have been to the memorial in washington, d.c. how close to the real thing is this? >> we would have to say it's pretty close in emotions that we have seen from the public. the people when they see -- there was a replica in our veterans day parade in our float, but the people were just like the wall in washington, they would walk up to and place their hand on a name and it became a very, very sacred moment for them. we saw tears. we saw a lot of emotions. people were just looking for names. this was within the corridors of our metropolitan district in the city of san jose. >> this is happening. >> this is happening. >> tell us how close

so the rumor was they got ahold of south vietnam and told them they ought to go ahead. johnson got very angry because bob finch had a press conference which he announced we thought they should go ahead, continue. so on sunday morning nixon was at his suite in the hotel and bob finch and i were there and lyndon called him and started cussing out bob finch on the speaker phone because he felt that this had undercut him and it was a political move on our part and -- but i don't know -- >> on this particular issue, i don't know. >> do you know whether john mitchell was tied to her? >> i don't know. she would call me quite a bit for advice an things but she didn't call me on that. >> advice on -- >> what she was doing and what her public position ought to be. >> president is elected. do you expect to be press secretary? >> yes, i do. i had envisioned that i would set up press secretary office modeled after jim haggerty. and i'd have -- during the campaign i decided a mistake i nad made in 1960 was traveling too much, that i needed to be running the entire public relations op

>> well, 45 years ago, i think the thing that i most remember is i had been in vietnam ten days. i had been with the unit five days. and when we were ambushed, that's the first time i was ever shot at. you know, i did the most prudent thing -- i hit the deck. and when i looked up from underneath my helmet, all these young marines were looking at me and saying, okay, lieutenant, what are we going to do? of course, i started calling artillery and adjusted fire. about 20 minutes into the fight i realized that the initial rounds had killed the company commander. so i went out, picked him up, brought him back and he died in my arms and i went out and got the radio off of that operator, strapped it on myself, called the battalion and told them what had happened and that i had taken over. so that is very vivid. but the most vivid thing i think is the way that the young marine came together. we were all scared. anybody who says in combat that they don't experience fear is smoking dope or just plain crazy. but what you have to do, because of your training, is how do you confront that fear

ended a war without a decisive victory it was in vietnam back in one nine hundred seventy five during the fall of saigon it marked an end to an extremely unpopular war the capital of south vietnam fell to the communist north two americans were killed thousands fled the u.s. embassy it was the single largest helicopter evacuation in history well this may be exactly what the u.s. is trying to avoid as they plan their departure from afghanistan the way the u.s. leaves afghanistan has the potential to define the entire war and with the official end of the war we want to take a look back at what this all means and what has actually been accomplished with thousands dead billions of dollars spent was a decade of bloodshed and war all for nothing i pose this question to dare crow political director for brave new foundation take a listen. the investment of lives and resources in the military for strategy was absolutely a ways we said prior to president obama's latest escalations in afghanistan that you know more troops are not going to solve the problem that if you added more troops you would

it was talked about being used in vietnam, it was said to have been just another weapon. and suggested that he was not serious when it came to the stewardship of the nuclear arsenal. the attacks on goldwater, introduced into our politics a new way of communicating with voters. examine any of the television spots created for candidates in 1952, or 1960 and view the goldwater spot in 1964 and you'll see no creative progression until you get to the lyndon johnson campaign. we will look at a few of the eisenhower spots. they are creative mainly in the sense this they represent the first spot advertising in american poll particulars and -- american politics and we will see those now. >> eisenhower answers america. >> they say we have never had it so good. yet, i have had to stop buying eggs, they are so expensive. >> no wonder, you pay 100 difference tax on one egg. we must cut costs which means we must cut taxes. >> eisenhower answers america. >> general, how would you clean up the mess in washington? >> my answer? it's not a one agency mess or a one department mess. it's a t

. >> governor, shifting to vietnam in november of 1965 when you returned from vietnam, you said, and i'm quoting, involvement was morally right and necessary and probably reversed the shift in the balance of power greater than if hitler had conquered europe. in recent weeks you said you didn't think we should have been involved at all, and the president johnson's decision to expand the bombing wasn't going to resolve the problem. isn't your position a bit inconsistent with what it was and what do you propose we do now? >> i came back from vietnam, i just had the greatest brainwashing that anybody could get. >> by the generals? >> when you go over to vietnam -- not only by the generals, but the diplomatic core over there, and they do a very thorough job. >> george romney, mitt's dad, saying he had been brainwashed by the generals and the diplomatic corps in vietnam and that's why he flip flopped all over the place on the issue of that war. that brainwashing comment was pretty much the end of his presidential campaign. it would not have been so damaging had george romney had any credib

he saved up a long time to take a trip to vietnam. while there,e reized how much he had lost. >> in vietnam, my parents were wealthy. in the year 2000, i went there and saw my childhood home. it is now a hotel with 32 rooms. it hurt me a lot to see the place where i was born. rthen the vietnamese are entitled to compensation. the local community shoul have resettled them long ago, but instead, shrugged off the irresponsibility. -- shrugged off the responsibility. >> 120 families once lived in this community. it does not have much money. it would have been extremely difficult and costly to resettle the mall. the government was always pressuring us but was slow in providing financial assistance. >> at the very least, the french state owes the vietnamese recognition anbanks, says one resident. at the local pub, whenever people start criticizing the inhabitants of the camps, an algerian is quick to defend them. >> i do not know if they even pay rent. >> with a minute, they have been housed like dogs, treated the same as the french muslims

remember we we went through a process called vietnam ization as american troops withdrew from vietnam in the night in one nine hundred seventy three we left behind what we thought was a capable south vietnamese military and a strong government which everyone knew was corrupt and systemically incapable of defending the country i suspect we're doing exactly the same thing i mean that's my fear i hope i'm wrong but i think it's my fear i think that's a fear that a lot of americans have especially ones that have been fighting there abroad matthew thank you so much for coming on the show that was matthew eight intelligence specialist and author of the book the secret century the untold history of the national security agency. and afghanistan is not the only place the us has left a mess around the globe but where america has waged wars and set up bases even here on u.s. soil the actions of the military have left a dirty and even toxic mess for a local community isn't as it turns out the united states department of defense is the biggest polluter on the planet and as you'll see the mess may

ended a war without a decisive victory was in vietnam back in one nine hundred seventy five it was an end to an extremely unpopular war the capital of south vietnam fell to the communist north two americans were killed thousands fled the u.s. embassy it was the single largest helicopter evacuation in history while this may be exactly what the u.s. is trying to avoid as they plan their departure from afghanistan the way the u.s. leaves afghanistan has the potential to define the entire war and if you remember the last people to exit afghanistan were the soviets back in one thousand nine hundred nine here they are with their heads held high as they depart the country. well with the official end of the war we want to take a minute to look back at what this all means and what has actually been accomplished with thousands dead billions of dollars spent it was a decade of bloodshed and war all for nothing well joining me now is their crow political director from brave new foundation welcome to the show derek so violence in afghanistan at its worst arguably now since the u.s. went into the c

and with that in mind, the japanese government held a seminar in vietnam this week offering what itay is a potential solution. we have a report from hanoi. >>epte t janese government and shipbuilders specializing in building rerve tanks are participating in this seminar. jan actively promoting its oil tanks that float on the surface of the sea. if japan manages to secure orrsit will revitalize its shipbuilders. japan is stressing the low cost of the technology when compared withuiin tanks on land. >> translator: storage on water was not an option for vietnam until today. t ielve tyow recognize the advantages of megafloat compared to storage onhe ou o underground. >> reporter: vietnam plans to build oil reserve facilities that can store 2.2 millionon cde to better prepare for market shocks. officials in hanoi say they will study whhe tapes technology is what they are looking for. th iertial energy agency will stockpile 90 days of crude and gasoline. in june last year, its members ornad lee of their oil reserves to counter any impact on supplies from political confusion in the deast. bu

a new one to vietnam is planned, paid for by china. china is a driving force in south east asia's railway boom. beijing plans to build additional railway lines for its neighbors in the south to increase economic cooperation. the conductor is excited about the progress. before, he says, he could only drive 3 or 4 kilometers per hour; 20 at the most. now he's going 30. possible some day to take the train all the way from singapore to scotland. but that's still a way off. cambodia's railway system, which has long symbolized the country's poverty, is now a symbol of hope. >> we use all forms of travel to see how you, our viewers live. and today we pay a visit to the ramirezes in guatemala. >> hello, come in. i'll show you my living room. this is where we live, it's a little shabby, but that's how it is. this area is for my wife and me. this is my son deldy. a computer is important for kids these days. here he can practice. the school requires it as well. for me this picture represents the love in the family. take my heart and carry it in y

. >> reporter: the company sees great potential for its blocks in vietnam. rapid economic growth there has resulted in many environmental problems. waste water from factories and housings drain into rivers polluting them. >> reporter: it was clear that this is a situation where the blocks could help improve water quality. last month an environmental business conference was held in hanoi. >> translator: inside of these blocks is nato. >> reporter: many of the vietnamese participants were keen to try out this new approach. >> translator: this is the first time i've heard of this product. i'm very impressed. i think it will really help improvement the environment in vietnam. >> translator: we had quite a good response. there are more people concerned about water quality in vietnam than i'd expected. >> reporter: water pollution is an issue in many other countries. this small company in western japan sees plenty of potential for growth and next, it's looking to china and india. >> more news in brief from around the world. a prison riot in mexico has left at leas

kennedy, civil rights, the vietnam war, remember the age when the senate was great. and these are the senators ira is talking about when he talks about the great senate. humphrey, dirksen, gentleman javits, sam irwin, full bright, bird, ted kent, robert kennedy, wayne moss, henry jackson, albert gore, edmund musky, warren magnus sin. robert dole, frank church. john sherman-cooper, eugene mccarthy. margaret k smith, birch bayh and that's quite a cast of characters and those are names that many older americans remember today. of those names, which names pop out to you, and which have impressed you the most? >> let me say first in full disclosure, the narrative of the book focuses on the last years of the great senate, the late '70s, and then -- but the book is backlit by what happened before. my basic argument is that there was a great senate from the earl '60s through the '70s, so all those people you indicated are part of that. the ones that stand out most prominently in my memory would include hubert humphrey, who was perhaps one of the greatest senators of all time

and with that in mind, the japanese government held a seminar in vietnam this week offering what it says is a potential solution. >> reporter: the japanese government and shipbuilders specializing in building reserve tanks are participating in this seminar. japan is actively promoting its oil tanks that float on the surface of the sea. if japan manages to secure orders, it will revitalize its shipbuilders. japan is stressing the low cost of the technology when compared with building tanks onland. >> translator: storage on water was not an option for vietnam until today. but i believe they now recognize the advantages of megafloat compared to storage on the ground or under ground. >> reporter: vietnam plans to build all reserve facilities that can store 2.2 million tons of crude to better prepare for market shocks. officials in hanoi say they will study whether the japanese technology is what they are looking for. the international energy agency reoccurred as member countries to stockpile 90 days of crude and gasoline. in june last year, its members coordinated a release of oil reserves t

and i'm not sure what he would have done in vietnam if he had stayed in there. i think bobby kennedy was a good influence on him, and i think he might have avoided going in as deeply as lyndon johnson did. >> here is a cartoon from the lyndon johnson period, during the vietnam war. >> well, lynd johnson, you know, the great husky there is the vietnam war and he's telling the domestic needs that -- well -- >> it says there's money enough to support both of you. >> money enough to support both of you, and johnson did have our guns and butter policy, you can do both, but he actually balance the budget, but it was a very precarious thing and the war was costing lives and money and everything. >> here is "everything's ok -- they never reached the mimeograph machine," and headquarters, saigon. what's that? >> it was after the tet offensive in vietnam and you know, turning out things saying everything is dandy, and actually some military people say thatthe viet cong had really shot its bolt at the time of this tet offensive. but in this country, there were just too man