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In Vietnam, pain and memories linger on decades after China border war

2017-07-19 08:54:09       source:VnExpress

July 18, 2017


Living with broken bodies and minds, the horror story isn't over for many people in Ha Giang Province.


Trang A Dui fled his home one chilly morning in early April 1984. He was a little boy, so little he can't really remember much before that, only the things that came after.


He remembers his family and their neighbors waking up screaming as mortar shells rained down on the village. They managed to make it to a trench, before spending the next three days walking south, away from the border.


From their new homes, he and the other children used to look to the north every time they heard the sound of thunder.


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