Do you smell that . Motorbike exhaust, fish sauce, incense, the faraway smell of something . Is that Pork Grilling over charcoal . Vietnam. It could be no place else. Listen to me. Listen to me. There is no other way to see this city, hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. To do otherwise would be to miss it all. It is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. Vietnam. It grabs you and doesnt let you go. Once you love it, you love it forever. Ive been coming here since 2000, the first time id been in this part of the world, and its held a special place in my heart and my imagination since. I keep coming back, i have to. Vietnam has changed since last time i was here. Its changing every minute. But some things, for now, anyway, remain the same. Important things, like this stuff. Thats going to be good bun oc, first meal in hanoi, and its something they do here better than anywhere else. Okay. Im officially in hanoi now. Mm. Magic.
hello again. thank you for joining me again. i m fredricka whitfield. russia said it will suspend its participation in the grain export deal with ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister telling russia to stop its hunger games . nic robertson is in kyiv. nic, what s the significance of this move? reporter: this is very significant. russia says it has suspended the deal for an indefinite period. this was a deal that was struck by the u.n., two parallel deals, one with ukraine and one with russia, at the end of july. and it was struck because, since russia invaded ukraine, all the grain that ukraine produces, and it produces a lot for the world, was stuck in its ports on the black sea, piling up, nowhere to go. and the third world countries this grain was destined for desperately short of food. the prices were going up. after the deal was struck, the anticipation was about 20 million tons of grain could be shipped out of ukraine to these third world and other countries. now, wh
the lives that are broken. people on the margins whose homes, whose jobs, even their own bodies and their health are now precarious. people who don t have the insurance or the resources to rebuild. my team down here and i went for a drive here not far from where we discovered dozens of people at a shrimping dock for whom that is the situation tonight. no one has reached them and it is not clear if anyone has tried but i saw them. and you can see them too. take a look. [inaudible] it went into the rafters, we were away up in it. it started pushing on us and, long story short, it [inaudible] took over serious water. the bone next to me, they got me going [inaudible] i didn t know if the building was gonna hold up or not. i went in hard, just seven [inaudible] my seventh hurricane. this is mature seventh? hurricane yes. [inaudible] now ian. and this is by far the worst. why? what was the worst of it? the wind, the tide. the tide surge! harvey, we had a tight surge, but
do you smell that? motorbike exhaust, fish sauce, incense, the faraway smell of something? is that pork grilling over charcoal? vietnam. it could be no place else . listen to me. listen to me. there is no other way to see this city, hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. to do otherwise would be to miss it all. it is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. vietnam. it grabs you and doesn t let you go. once you love it, you love it forever. i ve been coming here since 2000, the first time i d been in this part of the world, and it s held a special place in my heart and my imagination since. i keep coming back, i have to. vietnam has changed since last time i was here. it s changing every minute. but some things, for now, anyway, remain the same. important things, like this stuff. that s going to be good! bun oc, first meal in hanoi, and it s something they do here better than anywhere else. okay. i m official
first meal in hanoi, and it s something they do here better than anywhere else. i m officially in hanoi now. hmm. magic. a spicy wonderful broth with tomatoes herb, noodles and fresh snails. look at those beauties. come to me. plump little love muscle. hanoi, capital city of vietnam. 7.5 million people live here. in the winter, it s chilly and damp. the summer, hot, humid, sub tropical. boulevards in many of the buildings are french: but its heard and soul is always, always vietnamese. americans coming here as tourists for the first time, especially veterans of the war,
are shocked by how friendly the place is. people are genuinely happy to see you. this is hanoi s old quarter. but it s looking less and less old these days. changed. in the irish/czech themed pub next door. vietnam is a young country. almost half of vietnamese of under the age of 30. fewer every year even remember what they call here, the american war. those years were defining time for just about everyone vie