War Remnants Museum, HCMC

We got up and had a farewell breakfast and then saw people off.
Then Briony and I headed to the War Remnants Museum, which was basically just a powerful exhibition of photographs taken during the Vietnam War.
It was utterly gut-wrenching. We were quite overwhelmed by the end of it. One really awful photo after another, of imperialist warfare: photos of petrified women and children just before being shot by U.S troops; pictures of torture by U.S. troops, of citizens and 'suspected Viet Cong'. I did not realize the extent of the devastation - at least 6 million Vietnamese killed or injured during the war. The photos were so graphic and it was hard to absorb the evil of the U.S. bombardment and the terror of its occupation.
There was also a section of photos of children born with very bad deformities, as a direct result of the chemicals their parents were exposed to, e.g. 'The Orange Agent', napalm, etc. from the chemical bombs which were dropped by the U.S. on a massive scale.
An exhibition like that just lets you see so clearly through the bullshit and lies, still told by many today. No scruples - just imperialist warfare - bloody, openly brutal, ruthless and devastating.

In the evening, Hoang and a couple of others who were still in Vietnam went out in the evening, but Briony and I had an early night because we're old women.