(1 Mar 1973) RR7309A SOUTH VIETNAM: THE DEBRIS OF WAR

At Ho Nai, 20 miles from Saigon, is the biggest
scrapyard in the world, 450 acres of junk discarded
by the Americans as they left Vietnam. Ruined tanks,
trucks, jeeps and armoured personnel carriers lie
cheek by jowl with pin tables, juke boxes, television
sets, electric refrigerators, mobile homes, all of which
give a fascinating insight into the American way of
military life. In Saigon, the American presence is
fading from the city. The black market, the bar girls,
the clubs are no longer doing such a lucrative trade.
Meanwhile, South Vietnam is beginning to address
itself to the task of economic reconstruction. The war
left the country with many technical resources and
much foreign capital, especially Japanese, which
may be used to build up new industries. There is also
the problem of human reconstruction. In this report,
we visit South Vietnam's only hospital for plastic
surgery where children suffering from war injuries
and the effects of malnutrition are receiving treatment.

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