Communist Vietnam marked the 30th anniversary of the war's end with a colorful parade of floats — some emblazoned with American business logos — down the same boulevard where North Vietnamese tanks rolled to victory against a U.S.-backed government.
Hundreds of aging veterans, their chests decked with medals, watched from the sidelines as uniformed soldiers and costumed dancers waving red national flags marched toward the Reunification Palace. The legendary Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, military architect of the war, was among them, standing alongside Vietnam's President Tran Duc Luong.
