vietnam

The Mekong river, which supports the livelihoods of about 60 million people in Southeast Asia, is at record-low water levels. China has built four of its planned eight hydroelectric dams on the upper Mekong. (2:44 min)

Giving money to poor farmers not to cultivate the land may sound a strange way to lift people out of poverty and preserve the environment but a pilot project in Vietnam is aiming to do just that. (2:44 min)

Narrated by Sean Penn, War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the U.S. into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. (70 min, 8 segments)

From 1954, the United States commits its armed forces to Vietnam, ignoring warnings against involvement in a nationalist struggle. By 1968, the U.S. begins to realize this is not a war it can win. (46 min)

This PBS documentary follows a spunky Vietnamese teenager on a study abroad program. Mai lands in rural Mississippi, giving us an outsider’s glimpse of America. (73 min)

Anthony Bourdain returns to Vietnam where he samples Banh Mi - a hearty sandwich loaded with pate, head cheese ham, pickled vegetables, dressing, and topped off with a fried egg. (1:35 min)

Chef Anthony Bourdain shows why Vietnam is one of his favorite places to visit through the food of the Hanoi around Tet, the Lunar New Year. (20:32 min, 2 segments)

In 1995, John Pilger returned to Vietnam seeking to rescue something of Vietnamese past and present from Hollywood images which pitied the invader while overshadowing one of the most epic struggles of the 20th century. (51 min)