Observations.South Vietnam

It is hard to believe that this area just south of the DMZ ( Demilitarised Zone )was so terribly devistated by war forty years plus ago.
We passed many military cemetaries on the train, now becoming over grown.
The south Vietnamese are bright and friendly and have a great sence of humour.
They seem to be just getting on with it!
They all work very long days usually 12 1/2 hours a day with one day off a month.
Grandmothers bring up the babies while the mothers work.
Building sites have equal male and female doing the same manual work.