How Hanoi went from being bombed by Washington to hosting the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Hanoi, Vietnam On December 18, 1972, two sorties of hulking US B-52 bombers roared off from the U-Tapao airfield in Thailand and Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to begin what one Air Force officer called"the largest operation in the history of air power." Their destination: Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam. Their mission: bomb a city that was considered the most heavily fortified in the world at the time. The mission would be repeated for 11 days straight.
There are brand new bridges going into town and along the way, you see some new high-rise buildings." But the older parts of the city have retained a certain charm. "The old town, north of Hoan Kiem lake, hasn't changed much at all," he said."It's really a neat place." jQuery { $.imageslider; }); The transformation of Hanoi didn't begin until 1986, more than a decade after Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces.
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