the people of vietnam, not to the government of vietnam. that is the best hope for reconciliation. >> thank you. i will turn to this site, please. question is for the professor. speech --evious professorn't say dr. in vietnam, it is just too much title. vain, like the people in vietnam. >> thank you. us particularly to the generation a very important lesson. it is about reconciliation and you have done it many times. my question to you is, in order to help the young generation to fully understand your lesson, so that they can carry on their role, to bringt democracy, freedom, prosperity to vietnam, they must understand clearly what you mean by reconciliation. my question is, if you take into what the vietnamese 41975 bys did the killing thousands of people in 1954 -- >> i got your point. can i answer now? can you let me finish my question? also -- >> shorten your question. 1975, they put southern now,ary persons and right they don't coincide with their own people against the invasion of communism by putting them in u.s. citizenshe came to v

the vietnam war. another one, "100 roads to the vietnam war." helplso the topic today, north vietnam won the war. thank you to be here. -- giveet out of a hand him a big hand. >>[speaking foreign language] i wanted tohat extend my thanks to the organizing committee. i am really honored to be here today. it is a really wonderful introduction. thank you very much for that. i feel like them in the presence of some really great and fascinating people. it is a real honor for me to be here. i have been tasked with discussing why north vietnam won the war. i don't mean to offend. some of you feel very strongly about this. i'm just relating my perspective, which is based on research. mostly in vietnam and specifically in the archives in hanoy. i have no personal investment in all of this. as jackie was explaining, it is interesting to try and figure army,actly how this small this small country that existed in the north and some degree in the south managed to overcome the united states. capable south vietnamese ally and a coalition of other countries. wh

in vietnam. >> good afternoon everyone. thank you for the opportunity to be here. i am so glad to be here. thank you to those who helped to organize this event. it has been tremendous. before i start my presentation, i would like to acknowledge a few people here that are with us today. dan, who acknowledge has extensive experience with the people of the central highlands of vietnam. please stand. [applause] want to thank my father. he knows firsthand how they were treated. thank you so much for being here. also, my folks from north carolina are here with me as well. thank you. before i start, i hope you understand my broken english here. abouti will be talking the vietnam war, and the struggle of the montagnard indigenous people of the central highlands of the vietnam. you knowthink most of who the montagnard are and how they existed. there are a few topics i will touch base on fairly quickly because of time constraints. this is the map of the central highlands where there are 28 different tribal

in vietnam. which he will address some of those comments today. >> good morning and thanks for coming out, appreciate it. general, thank you to you and your wife are hosting us here in lexington. dave, thanks for the invitation and to kim conley, thanks for having us. and most importantly, i want to think whoever was responsible for the chicken and waffles at the reception. they were amazing. you missed out, peter. so, i can't handle 3-four points i will stick to one. here's what i would like you to do this morning. to reconsider likely how you think about american strategy in the vietnam war. if there is one word that is most associated with the american strategy in vietnam, attrition. critics of the war maintain general williams was commander of the u.s. military assistance command vietnam, i will treat my acronyms light, prosecuted a ground campaign in south vietnam and by doing so, he employed this flawed strategy of attrition. he concentrated that the expense of all other missions on killing

would we have a permanent basis of vietnam? -- base in south vietnam?nother fifty-year standoff with the communist adversary? how would it have reflected our relationship with china? would have affected the end of the cold war? would it have reoriented american grand strategy? would we have seen more interventions rather than those limited retrenchment of the post-vietnam era? in vietnam actually forced us to re-examine the balance of u.s. interests around the world and what we think we can do with american power? these are impossible to answer in one sentence. but i am increase in the uncertain about the war's legacy. this is perhaps its greatest paradox or greatest tragedy. there is no question the vietnam war fundamentally changed lives. american and vietnamese. the tragedy of this war is un mistakeable. itth-- un the war changes the way americans think and talk about war. its ramifications are enormous. i wonder if we do not look at these effects to the detriment of close examinations about the nature of american military power, its limits and how a

so my -- i went to vietnam -- vietnam in the second battalion and we went to cory during the battle. that is what we had the incident with ken burns, we will talk about that later. that is the run-up to why and how i got to vietnam. >> my situation couldn't be any more different. i was a grad -- graduate student the -- from detroit michigan. i was watching the war on television for a long time and trying to figure out all the ways to avoid it. like many students that were in graduate school in the masters program in business ministration, our goal was to get a good job though she job and make a lot of money. i'm a college professor, so you obviously know that i failed at my first goal in life. but, the -- i had a one a draft status and it had been to s until i got to graduate -- graduate school but it became one a very quickly. i said i've got to do something about this so i tried to get into the air force and my eyes weren't good enough, i tried to get in the navy and my math scores weren't good enough. i ended up volunteering to go into the army. i went to the recruiting station an

they really are the indigenous peoples of vietnam. they were there before the provincial people came down from the province of china. that is the way it is. there is a real ethnicity problem that does exist. maybe that is why they turned their eyes toward the americans. they really did love us. we saw them as the underdogs and we treated them well. they were also very good soldiers. >> question over here. as to how thes training and experiences as combat officers prepared you for the nick and talk to the business world or academia? >> what prepared me for the business world? >> the leadership and training you had in the army, how did that translate to morgan stanley and those, etc.? >> my family was an army family. they were all soldiers. was, i had a graduate degree from georgetown in the graduate school of arms service in the army and taught after that. i thought i was going back to troops, but i was assigned to six army staff in san francisco. still cannot figure that one out . i was eight years and grade as a captain and that is h

lyndon johnson in the last years of vietnam, lady bird johnson, late in her life said late in the vietnam war i wouldn't have been a bit surprised if lyndon had become a catholic. [laughter] and what happened was that he had gone to mass with his daughter lucy, who had converted to catholicism when she was 16. and he got such comfort at the time he was getting all these reports of all these casualties in vietnam. all these presidents benefited from majors to strong women. [applause] one great example -- franklin roosevelt in 1942 was debating do i send japanese americans to concentration camps. and elanor roosevelt to her undying credits no, even j edgar hoover at the fbi said don't do it. it's not necessary. and one day in 1942, infamously, fdr became the japanese enat the present time, and the people who knew her felt the marriage was never the same because she was furious. if you look at elnoor rooz volt during world war 12 she spent an inawful lot of time traveling ay from her husband, she felt may they didn't share the it same political ideals she had. another thing you look for in t

the young people from vietnam and elsewhere are learning to.developed competitive production processes this training center opened in mid september it offers trainees sixty percent practice and forty percent theory based on the model of germany's dual study programs. when i were young is it look my passion and do now is to my past and. we will. vietnam's communist government largely allows the private economy free reign. group has four million customers in vietnam it owns and runs department stores and housing complexes now it's been recruiting skilled staff for its automotive are moving fast. and i studied in germany and lived there for a long time. for me this is a really great opportunity. it's a fulfillment of a dream to be able to move on my knowledge and experience it makes me happy please . with italian design german technology and affordable price tag the vin fast models are intended for vietnam's growing middle class. germany is a highly developed country and i think the dream here is to bring part of its knowledge and technology to vi

what did he say about stalemate in vietnam and in afghanistan? let's start with vietnam. this sort of goes to what you were saying. >> that's what we talked about. some politicians started to realize that early that we might not be able to win unless we are willing to go farther than they want to go. >> and you are not willing to do that so you are sort of stuck. >> how can you achieve what you would call a win and then leave. >> that's a repeated dilemma for the united states when it comes to vietnam. >> they brought up in the article that when there's a change in administration there's only a couple of options. you either stay where you are or go more in. >> we have kind of see that. more and more troops by the time he gets 1968 we have over half million dudes and doodads in vietnam. what is the problem with that? it is expensive >> we have europe and these other places so what happens if you need 1 million? >> draft. >> of those guys. the reserves and national guards. any problem with bringing up the reserves and national guard? >> and what else? there's other things t

vietnam's communist government largely allows the private economy free reign.group has four million customers in vietnam it owns and runs department stores and housing complexes now it's been recruiting skilled staff for its automotive are moving fast. and i studied in germany and lived there for a long time. for me this is a really great opportunity. it's a fulfillment of a dream to be able to move on my knowledge and experience it makes me happy. with italian design german technology and affordable price tag the vin fast models are intended for vietnam's growing middle class. storage not germany as a highly developed country and i think the dream here is to bring part of its knowledge and technology to vietnam to move the country forward. then fast management is not thinking small. the deputy c.e.o. says automobiles made in vietnam could be a success all over asia as long as the quality and price are right. the factory is due to be turning out electric motor bikes by late twenty eighteen. and one year later its first cars. you are looking forward to seeing th

word that we got when we were still in vietnam. you didn't want anybody to know where you came from. because it wasn't a very popular. so all i want got my tickets. when i had my uniform on and then i took my uniform off . and got on the plane and went home. i called my family from boston and they came up and got me. obviously there's a lot of bad memories. associated with. that being an unpopular war. so how long after you got home could you even start saying yeah i was i was i'm a veteran i fought in vietnam. and i would say. up until a couple years ago. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each dish. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trees per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the num

present the medal of honor to retired sergeant major general john canley for his service during the vietnam war. the 80-year-old former marine lives in canley, california. >> let us pray. holy god, the spirit from dawn to setting sun. in the midst of this ceremony, awarded the medal of honor, we call in your president is remembered those fierce comments in which sergeant major combat team fought for life and crucible of the vietnam war. we had knowledge to each other and to you guys that fear into the action of those days into intense and sustained fighting are the echo of american miles long forgotten, hundreds of skirmishes in contracts in the tradition of things in toward an things accomplished. even battles yet to come down forever. great humility, high respect to turn our hearts to sergeant major into warriors in the veracity of the violence so described in this medal of honor citation. we are forever grateful for the sacrifices to or nation and we pray for all unwatched today. encourage and strengthen them as they protect our country. finally, righteous god company this medal of honor

a lot of famous movies about vietnam. in this one movie that shows like this helicopter come in for some entertainment for the troops you know him or experience one of them no. i'm sorry i haven't the only thing i bring the playboy bunnies into hamburger hill i know what they did was they brought to us so girls in to opposition. for i guess a half an hour and we're just stared in from like a hundred yards away you know we got to talk with them and they just were nice and they were just nice and we just like sit down and just having a conversation so to speak because we didn't have anyplace else to go actually because the position we were at was on top of a mountain. and then they. lifted back out. how long were you. active in vietnam that was the first tour i was always only there for one tour i extended my time so i could get an early out of the service i stayed fourteen months total because they only had two years of the service if you had eighteen months when he returned to the united states to get out of the mess whic

you have the great vietnam war hero who didn't go to vietnam, you know that, blumenthal. about blumenthal. how about blumenthal? for 15 years as the attorney general of connecticut he went around telling war stories. people die left and right my platoon marched forward. he was never in vietnam. it was a lie.

and i looked out the window, and i saw vietnam. i was in middle of iraq, and i looked out there, and there was a gigantic vietnam base camp. tents and lines of tanks and lines of front loaders and lines of bulldozers, guys walking around on gravel walks and all that kind of stuff. and i just looked and i said, you're doing the same thing all over again. i was there for the first day. so i turn around to this first lieutenant that was standing behind me, and i said, hey, lieutenant, that's vietnam out there. and he said, yep. and i said, we're fucked, aren't we? and he said, yep. [laughter] and i had story. i mean, that was the story. we were making the same mistake all over again, and visually you could see it. you didn't have to ask a single person a single question, and you were right there. >> true. i -- david halverstan, i remember, said, well, you know, we're doing it again. it's like punching your fist into a hornets' nest. and, indeed, it was. i don't think there's any reporter that had been to vietnam that didn't understand

the medal of honor to retired marine corps sergeant major john canley for acts of bravery in the vietnam war. this ceremony is 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by sergeant major canley, retired. ♪ >> let us pray. god, spiritholy rolled unto every breeze. this ceremony awards the medal of honor to sergeant major john canley. we call on your presence, lord, as we remember those days of fierce combat which the sergeant major and his marine corps combat team fought for their lives, and the crucible of the vietnam war. with knowledge unto each other and you that fear in those days of action and intense, sustained fighting, are echoes of a battle long forgotten. hundreds of skirmishes and ofbats, and the traditions things endured, accomplished, even of battles yet to come, as regiments endowed forever. highgreat humility and respect, lord, we turn our heads to sergeant major canley and others so described in the citation. we are forever grateful for their sacrifices to our nation. in your province, we pray for all of your guardians on watch to

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think nuclearon't weapons should be used in vietnam. necessaryink they are to be used in vietnam. i think nuclear weapons should be reserved only for what we hope should never, and what great diplomacy could avoid, and that is a confrontation with a nuclear power. whenever you use a nuclear weapon and a small war like this, you inevitably run the risk of it being escalated into a major war that either communist china, or the soviet union, being involved in so under the circumstances, to bring this war to a conclusion, what we should do in terms of our military power and its means, not only military power but diplomatic and economic and other things that can be used as militaryt in terms of power, we should limit our efforts to the use of conventional weapons. that is all that is needed. we should not risk a nuclear war in vietnam. i disagree with curtis lemay completely on this point. i would like to say, mr. murphy, when i say i disagree, i have great respect for curtis lemay, the general, the air force general, he was chief of staff, but this reaction shows why i think it is so

in the two books that we have in our relations with vietnam and other countries a similar free trade pact has already been approved by e.u. member nations and singapore that what is scheduled to be side that a meeting in brussels on friday if the vietnam deal is also approved the e.u. will have free trade with two of its biggest partners in the as the group of nations. time now to take a look at the markets and netflix bid investor expectations to add nearly seven million new subscribers in the last quarter the streaming service reported that profit more than tripled from a year ago and revenues remain strong netflix has invested heavily in original programming but investors have worried about subscriptions keeping pace the new figures boosted the netflix stock more than four percent over to our new york financial correspondent gets caught a high yes well that seems like netflix could do to t.v. what amazon did to retail is that right. well i mean in a certain sense yes but then again there's also some competition out emerson the company you just named is also into the streaming busi

only three of nearly one hundred seventy products that will enjoy the same trademark protection in vietnam as they do in europe the new free trade deal with vietnam but also by english all existing customs duties the european parliament and each of the e.u.'s twenty eight members must still approve the deal and some concerns about the political implications have been voiced but the e.u.'s trade commissioner understands there are severe problems regarding human rights in india nobody denies this we have talking openly about this with and you can use counterparts and the trade agreement will not of course make vietnam a fully fledged democracy overnight that it is one to encourage in the two books that we have in our relations with vietnam and other countries a similar free trade pact has already been approved by e.u. member nations and singapore that what is scheduled to be side at a meeting in brussels on friday if the vietnam deal is also approved the e.u. will have free trade with two of its biggest partners in the asean group of nations . time now to take a look at the markets and netfl

he was in vietnam. they had tours for one year. when they were deployed.id asmajor objective he military intelligence was sort of, mapping out where guerrilla warfare and i talks on the american forces were happening, with a new sort of way of analyzing data. he was able to determine where the enemy was located and they reduced the attacks greatly eriod, iss time p significant time for the military during his time period there. jack murtha was elected to congress in 1974 in a special election. new congressmen are assigned to committee work, so one of the things he was assigned to fairly quickly, was the house subcommittee on defense appropriations. this was critical because what is happening, he was building on his military experience. i would also like to note, though, in his election of 1974, he was the first member of the house to have served in vietnam. becomes a mentor for jack murtha and tip o'neill is jack murthaou know, needs to be on these fact-finding trips around the world wherever there are appropriations for military movements. for instance, o

that was their plan to get nuclear weapons into vietnam.lan was set in motion, we can now see, in this document that beschloss points us to, set in motion february 10th, 1968. this is the top american military commander in vietnam, general william westmoreland telling the american commander in the pacific that operation fractured jaw, which is, again, get nuclear weapons to vietnam that had been approved by him, you see that right there, quote, approved by me, february 10th, 1968. that same day, lbj was briefed on the plan. and then, two days later, a new notice went out regarding operation fractured jaw. look at the first line. quote, discontinue all planning for fractured jaw. also, make all of the material about fractured jaw secret. place all planning material, including messages and correspondence there under positive security. so, lbj not only kiboshes the nuke vietnam plan, and fast, it goes to over and secret forever within two days. he takes action to make sure nobody even has any idea that this was even ever considered, because he

two looks that we have in our relations with vietnam and other countries a similar free trade pact has already been approved by e.u. member nations and singapore that what is scheduled to be side at a meeting in brussels on friday if the vietnam deal is also approved the e.u. will have free trade with two of its biggest partners in the group of nations. linda holmes joins us now from singapore i know these deals have been a long time in the making but how much of a concerted if it has there been by both sides in this last leg of negotiations to speed up the process as the u.s. makes trade hard. well bent the negotiations between singapore and the e.u. actually concluded in october twenty four teams now the f.d.a. hasn't been rectified because one of the top you call it if you went all the e.u. countries must rectify so there's actually been quite a bit of work in order to make sure that it's on track to come in force by twenty nineteen so suppose singapore side was always been looking at free trade and trade liberalization so in that sense was always been would look at ways of how to f

i don't think they are necessary to be used in vietnam. and i think nuclear weapons should be reserved only for what and i think never,, great diplomacy could avoid, and that is a confrontation with a nuclear power. whenever you use the ultimate weapon in a small war like this, you inevitably run the risk of its being escalated into a major war with either communist china, which now has some nuclear capability, or the soviet union, being involved. so under the circumstances, to bring this war to a conclusion, what we should do in terms of our military power and it means not only military power but diplomatic and economic and other things that can be used as well, but in terms of military power, we should limit our efforts to the use of conventional weapons. that is all that is needed. and we should not risk a nuclear war in vietnam by any matter of the means. i disagree with curtis lemay completely on this point. [applause] i would like to say mr. murphy, , when i say i disagree, i have great respect for curtis lemay, when he was the gener

i am a vietnam vet and you went back to vietnam. can you speak about talking about the war letters from the other side that you discovered in vietnam? andrew carroll: part of the reason for my trip was, i went to about 40 countries around the world, it was to find letters from our troops. i was going to military bases and speaking to troops in combat. i was never in combat, but i was meeting with them on the safety of the base. like the story, i wanted see what the iraqis were writing. as a quick side story, i went to iraq to talk to a lot of people, iraqis, the group promised me they would look for letters and emails. i got nothing, came home, had a wonderful assistant from a small town in nebraska. i was like i went to iraq and didn't get any iraqi letters, he a lot ofthere are iraqis in nebraska, i can ask them. he went to the iraqi community there and talked to family members. we got all these letters and emails about the iraqi perspective. not the enemy perspective, but what it was like to live in iraq under hussein and so fort

war in vietnam.the wisdom to avoid it. lyndon johnson, as you know, did not one decade later. one of the scoops i got the book is that i discovered in 1968, lbj was asked by his commander in vietnam, william westmoreland, why don't we use nuclear weapons to finish this war and achieve victory? lbj to his great credit, although he made so mistakes in vietnam, said absolutely not. we are not moving nuclear weapons to vietnam. had he not had a litter of johnson's wisdom and judgment at that moment, you could affect the civil war in vietnam turning nuclear. the russians and chinese could have come in. there could have been tens of millions of human beings killed. truman followed that logic to invite china into the conflict. with congress not declaring despite that's what the constitution requires. is there a difference in how we conduct business. it is so much more instantaneous today. michael: that is one of the reasons. the other reason is presidents want to escape responsibility. harry truman, and i c

question the best , thing to prepare me for vietnam was rangers school. nothing i did in vietnam was as difficult physically or as mentally challenging other than making the right decision under fire than ranger. except for possibly delta or seal training, it was probably the toughest course the army had at the time. there were four seals in my ranger class, which is 2-67, and none of them finish the course. these are real guys from seal team 1.

he never went to vietnam. and he says we need honesty and we need integrity. this guy lied. when he was the attorney general of connecticut, he lied. i do not mean a little bit. he dropped out of the race and one anyway, because democrats -- always win in connecticut. he won very close, the closest ever, but here is a guy that lives and now he is up there talking that he is holier than now. look at his record. and when he got out and his

he made a serious mistake in vietnam. he is saying what does vietnam mean to me.s talking to his friend who said you ought to get out of there. he said if you find it in vietnam. there will be a war that will last ten years. and will kill 50,000 americans and we will not win. perfect advice. i wish johnson had taken the advice in stead of the advice of robert mcnamara. despite the mistakes. there is one moment that just shows johnson's largeness. at the beginning of 1968. he said it made me to turn the stalemate around maybe we should move technical weapons to south vietnam and consider using them. and johnson takes one lease listen to that. i am have been fighting this war for years. i don't want them coming in. in the northern hemisphere. anyone who says it doesn't matter who is president as if someone else have been president that day. let it be somebody that says let's turn wars over to the general, they know more. they don't always know more. and you need the wisdom and experience and largeness of that. to stop that from a nuclear catastrophe. this is a hypot

it's day two in new england and stephen makes his way to a historic restaurant to meet with a local vietnam veteran and a single father who was had more than a few obstacles to overcome come on come on. we're going to go see high. good afternoon gentlemen how are you doing good what's your name. bruce i'm steve just a real. piece pretty cool ah. you get this. mysterious it. you can tell their really impressed well you want to ask but they need some help when you take him for a walk. thanks buddy yeah. he can probably go right down there by the water. appreciate and bruce jr and rios set up to have some good clean fun. while you do it so bruce as i understand it the old mill here is one of your frequent hangouts of my correct yes well. you're like me brother. you're a little smarter than maybe you look. back you know this is heaven yeah it is beautiful it's fantastic so he said more about this neighborhood this town because we've been mean some of the folks and just the folks in massachusetts just seem so nice so nice that they have the self-proclaimed nickname mask it's the west minister of

fledged democracy overnight that it is one in in the two books that we have in our relations with vietnam and other countries a similar free trade pact has already been approved by e.u. member nations and singapore that what is scheduled to be sayd that a meeting in brussels on friday if the vietnam deal is also approved the e.u. will have free trade with two of its biggest partners in the asean group of nations . and just briefly the list of senior business leaders and policy makers dropping out of saudi arabia as future investment summit this month continues to grow the latest is u.s. treasury secretary steven minuit should he made the announcement after meeting with president donald trump shares in new york dropped after the news is the spec that murder of a saudi journalist in istanbul has soured relations between washington and riyadh. liason business with a. twenty . one tree government international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week the street of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has caused global outrage and has focused attention on all torture in regimes that

he did not admire his war on vietnam. he loved to take johnson quotes and misappropriate them in such a way as to attack his policies. so this particular cartoon is "we have shown we are willing to go more than halfway." what mr. johnson had intended with that quote was to talk about the peace table. we are willing to negotiate terms of peace with north vietnam. but what mr. block showed was bombing more than halfway up the vietnamese country. if you read the "washington and 1974,een 1972 between the time the watergate scandal broke out and the time president nixon resigned, you opened the pages to see 174 cartoons attacking the president on watergate alone. he had drawn nixon coming out of a sewer during the eisenhower administration. and with the exception of the free shape he gave him as a newly elected president, which is now in the collection of the "washington post," he never relented. he did not see a good side to richard nixon. which does not mean he attacked him blindly. it meant that he had real issues with some

the kind of war we have with vietnam. look at vietnam. governor romney has pointed out very eloquently on occasion, when you look at vietnam today is not a conventional war. it's primarily a war of people. a traditional draft army is not the best kind of army to do this job in vietnam. what you need is a highly trained professional force and in a highly trained civilian builders to work in other parts of the country. untild not take any step after the war in vietnam was over. once it was over, i would get enough people in the army by raising the pay to competitive rate with what they might get an industry. it would cost money. i agree. it cannot come until after vietnam is over. this will be part of the peace dividend. but we would get a better army, needs,fitted for today's i highly trained, professional, ready to move. at the same time on the civilian side i would have a civilian for athat would be ready warlike situation. i believe that this would provide a better defense than the one the united states currently has. when you look on t

one of those is vietnam, from where our science editor david shukman reports.he land here in the mekong delta is sinking. and at the same time, the sea is rising, as the world gets warmer. it is notjust houses being destroyed. farmland is vanishing as well. these farmers saw their fields slip underwater, and they are worried that it will never be possible to hold back the sea. climate change is getting worse, says this man, and the water level is rising so fast we don't have time to build defences. the threat is felt throughout the mekong delta. in the city of can tho, we found this flood barrier half—finished. the homes behind it keep getting flooded. there are 18 million people living in this region, and they‘ re only just above the level of the sea. so even a small rise could be devastating, which is why vietnam, and dozens of other countries facing the same threat, want to see global warming limited as much as possible. 0ver over the centuries, floods have brought rent to the paddy fields. the rising ocean met seawater is now pushing inland, and the salt is

one of those is vietnam, from where our science editor david shukman, reports.s. the land here in the mekong delta is sinking and, at the same time, the sea is rising as the world gets warmer. it's not just houses being destroyed. farmland is vanishing as well. these farmers saw their fields slip underwater and they are worried it'll never be possible to hold back the sea. "climate change is getting worse," says this man. "and the water level is rising so fast we don't have time "to build defences." the threat is felt throughout the mekong delta. in the city of can tho, we found this flood barrier half finished. the homes behind it keep getting flooded. there are 18 million people living in this region and they are onlyjust above the level of the sea so even a small rise could be devastating , which is why vietnam and dozens of other countries facing the same threat want to see global warming limited as much as possible. over the centuries, floods have been positive, bringing natural fertiliser to the paddy fields, helping to make this region one of the world's