Lunch with Viet Cong

Had lunch today with three Viet Cong, very emotional for many of the group. Young was able to interpret the stories they wanted to share with us and then have several questions that we had answered. I had two main takeaways. First, one of them said they have been in conflict for generations, internally with themselves, then the Chinese, and French, so our short intervention was not significant in terms of their history. That matched up with the history that I studied before I came and have been wondering about. Secondly, time heals all wounds. He shared that the younger generation coming up is interested in technology, the economy is focused on growing, innovating, and tourism. Seemed there are similarities between the younger generation coming up in the states being disconnected from their family with their devices and what is happening now with his grandkids. All three men served in the war, one of them was injured and spent 6 months in the tunnels. Didn't take many pictures as it not seem appropriate, but they insisted on a group photo.Læs mere