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Posted: 11/14/2012 2:18:27 AM EST
In this photo taken Oct. 29, 2012, two bears play inside an enclosure at the Vietnam Bear Rescue Center in Tam Dao, Vietnam. The bears, some of them blinded or maimed, play behind tall green fences like children at school recess. Rescued from Asia's bear bile trade, they were brought to live in this lush national park, but now they may need saving once more. The future of the $2 million center is in doubt after Vietnam's vice defense minister in July ordered it not to expand further and to find another location, saying the valley is of strategic military interest. Critics allege the park director is urging an eviction because he has a financial stake in a proposed ecotourism venture on park property - accusations he rejects. (AP Photo/Mike Ives)
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Posted: 11/14/2012 2:18:25 AM EST
In this photo taken Oct. 29, 2012, a bear plays inside an enclosure with a stick at the Vietnam Bear Rescue Center in Tam Dao, Vietnam. The bears, some of them blinded or maimed, play behind tall green fences like children at school recess. Rescued from Asia's bear bile trade, they were brought to live in this lush national park, but now they may need saving once more. The future of the $2 million center is in doubt after Vietnam's vice defense minister in July ordered it not to expand further and to find another location, saying the valley is of strategic military interest. Critics allege the park director is urging an eviction because he has a financial stake in a proposed ecotourism venture on park property - accusations he rejects. (AP Photo/Mike Ives)
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Posted: 11/11/2012 4:49:01 PM EST
Vietnam War veterans Fred Reiman, of Norwood, N.J., left, and Rick Frato, of Township of Washington, N.J., wait to take part in the Veterans Day Parade Sunday Nov. 11, 2012 in New York. Both Rieman and Frato are with the Nam Knights. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Posted: 11/10/2012 2:48:41 PM EST
This undated image provided by the National Veterans Art Museum shows "Commitment" by Vietnam veteran and artist Richard Olsen. More than 350 veterans of Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan have turned to art to preserve more intimate and enduring memories of war, and more than 2,500 of their works have found a home at Chicago’s National Veterans Art Museum. (AP Photo/National Veterans Art Museum, Richard Olsen)
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Posted: 11/10/2012 2:48:41 PM EST
This undated image provided by the National Veterans Art Museum shows "The Refugee" by Vietnam veteran and artist Richard Olsen. Olsen created the yellow-and-black linocut after returning home following a year's tour as an Army helicopter pilot with the 33rd Transportation Company in Vietnam. He came back in 1963, and the war in faraway Southeast Asia was not yet fully on America's radar, so producing these images was his way of sounding an alarm. "It was like, 'Hey, you guys, there's a war going on,’" Olsen says. "Why make pictures of flowers? Why not make pictures of war?" (AP Photo/National Veterans Art Museum, Richard Olsen)
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Posted: 11/10/2012 2:48:41 PM EST
In this 1963 photo from the U.S. Army, Gen. Joseph Stilwell Jr. awards Richard Olsen with the Air Medal at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Olsen moved beyond Vietnam to an artistic career that has spanned more than 50 years; he's produced more than 1,000 paintings, many of them abstract. His work has been shown in galleries around the country. Yet those days when he flew his chopper over the dense thicket of jungle maintain a deep hold on him. "War is the depth of the human experience," he says. "It's the most meaningful part of anyone's life." (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
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Posted: 11/10/2012 12:08:28 PM EST
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - This undated image provided by the National Veterans Art Museum shows "Commitment" by Vietnam veteran and artist Richard Olsen. More than 350 veterans of Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan have turned to art to preserve more intimate and enduring memories of war, and more than 2,500 of their works have found a home at Chicago’s National Veterans Art Museum. (AP Photo/National Veterans Art Museum, Richard Olsen)
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Posted: 11/10/2012 12:08:28 PM EST
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - This undated image provided by the National Veterans Art Museum shows "The Refugee" by Vietnam veteran and artist Richard Olsen. Olsen created the yellow-and-black linocut after returning home following a year's tour as an Army helicopter pilot with the 33rd Transportation Company in Vietnam. He came back in 1963, and the war in faraway Southeast Asia was not yet fully on America's radar, so producing these images was his way of sounding an alarm. "It was like, 'Hey, you guys, there's a war going on,’" Olsen says. "Why make pictures of flowers? Why not make pictures of war?" (AP Photo/National Veterans Art Museum, Richard Olsen)
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Posted: 11/10/2012 12:08:28 PM EST
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this 1963 photo from the U.S. Army, Gen. Joseph Stilwell Jr. awards Richard Olsen with the Air Medal at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Olsen moved beyond Vietnam to an artistic career that has spanned more than 50 years; he's produced more than 1,000 paintings, many of them abstract. His work has been shown in galleries around the country. Yet those days when he flew his chopper over the dense thicket of jungle maintain a deep hold on him. "War is the depth of the human experience," he says. "It's the most meaningful part of anyone's life." (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
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Posted: 11/8/2012 9:58:29 AM EST
Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Medvedev is in Vietnam to boost ties between the two countries. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)
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Posted: 11/8/2012 9:38:26 AM EST
FILE - This March 8, 2011 file photo shows many people around Hoan Kiem lake in downtown in Hanoi Capital, Vietnam to see a rare turtle that is sacred to the nation. The lake is the centerpiece of central Hanoi. Its shady banks are a meeting place for young teenagers chatting on mobile phones alongside aging war veterans playing chess. Early in the morning, the lake comes alive with crowds of Vietnamese doing an array of exercises, ranging from serene tai chi to booming aerobics. Take a walk around the water and look for the famous turtle that many Vietnamese believe is sacred. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh, file)
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Posted: 11/8/2012 9:38:24 AM EST
FILE - This Oct. 12, 2010 file photo shows Defense ministers, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, front row third from fight, and Vietnam president Nguyen Minh Triet, front row fifth from right, gather to be photographed on the front steps of the Presidential Palace during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Minister' Meeting Retreat in Hanoi, Vietnam. The stately Presidential Palace near Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum is an example of French colonial-style architecture. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)
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Posted: 11/8/2012 9:38:23 AM EST
FILE - This Oct. 10, 2010 file photo shows men carrying Communist Party of Vietnam and national flags past the mausoleum of late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh during a parade in Hanoi, Vietnam. The embalmed body of Uncle Ho, as Vietnamese affectionately call their late founding president Ho Chi Minh, can be viewed inside an enormous granite mausoleum. For many Vietnamese, the trip to Hanoi to see the famous revolutionary who liberated them from French colonial rule is considered a must-do. The mausoleum offers regular changing of the guard ceremonies, but is only open during certain hours and days. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh, file)
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Posted: 11/1/2012 4:23:54 PM EST
In this April 28, 1972 file photo shows once-and-future bureau cheifs at The Associated Press' Saigon bureau, from left, George Esper (1973-75), Malcolm Browne (1961-64), George McArthur (1968-69), Edwin Q. White (1965-67), and Richard Pyle (1970-73). White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 11/1/2012 4:23:54 PM EST
In this undated photo, Associated Press Saigon newsman and Bureau Chief Edwin Q. White, right, stands with Saigon photo chief Horst Faas during the Vietnam War. White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 11/1/2012 4:23:54 PM EST
In this undated Vietnam War-era photo, Associated Press Saigon staffers, from left, Edwin Q. White, Horst Faas and Malcolm Browne coordinate coverage in the Saigon bureau. White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 11/1/2012 4:23:54 PM EST
In this circa 1968-69 photo, AP Saigon staffers, correspondent Peter Arnett, left, photo chief Horst Faas, second left, and Chief of Bureau George McArthur, second right, and Edwin Q. White, right, pose for a photo with: Jean Ottavi, owner of the Royal Hotel in Saigon. White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 11/1/2012 4:23:54 PM EST
This 1987 photo shows AP Seoul Chief of Bureau Edwin Q. White. White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 10/29/2012 10:06:21 AM EST
Vietnam's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Vinh (L) chats with Political Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Chinese embassy in Vietnam Jiang Zaidong during a reception to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi August 8, 2012. REUTERS/Kham
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Posted: 10/29/2012 10:06:21 AM EST
Vietnam's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Vinh (L) chats with Political Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Chinese embassy in Vietnam Jiang Zaidong during a reception to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi August 8, 2012. REUTERS/Kham
