First US flight to Vietnam for 30 years

For the first time since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, a US passenger jet landed in Vietnam today.

Fri, 10 Dec, 2004 - 16:12

For the first time since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, a US passenger jet landed in Vietnam today.

United Airlines Flight 869 took off from San Francisco yesterday and arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, at shortly after 10.00pm local time today (3pm).

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