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All that remains of the last house of one the 20th century's most brutal rulers, Cambodia's Pol Pot, is his toilet bowl and a dozen empty medicine bottles. From the BBC.

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Some say Tony Poe was the model for the Col Kurtz character of the film 'Apocalypse Now'. He inspired fear and disgust. 

Francois Bizot is thought to be the only Westerner to survive Khmer Rouge imprisonment during their genocidal control of Cambodia in the 1970s. The book he wrote in 2001 on his experience, 'The Gate', has been recently published in English. From the BBC.

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Ana Mandara has announced the addition of Nha Trang's first professional spa facility to its already well-established resort &endash; to be managed by Six Senses Spas. 

Tourism officials from the three Central Vietnam provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Danang City and Quang Nam as well as travel industry professionals and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism have joined forces to form the World Heritage Road - a new initiative to develop and promote tourism to Central Vietnam. 

The worldwide reputation of Vietnamese and French food served at the Sofitel Metropole has led to the recent opening of the Metropole Cooking School.

Just a few paces away from its beautiful beach resorts, Nha Trang is a rough town. By night the main street is taken over by a loosely organized society of thieves, prostitutes and pimps. At sunrise the strip of sand in front of the fairground is littered with used hypodermic syringes and condoms. Close to the bottom of the pecking order are the homeless children, some as young as seven years old, who sleep on the beach and try to feed themselves by selling chewing gum, doughnuts or T shirts. Without families to protect them, they get shaken down by thugs.

Hanoi has developed at an amazing pace since Vietnam opened its doors to foreign travel and western markets and investment. Mark Lindesay reports from the city and examines its attractions for the tourist and business traveller.