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“I used to watch a lot of telly as a kid,” says Jarvis Cocker, relaxing on a sofa in the meeting room at Rough Trade Records HQ in Notting Hill. “It would give me a representation of the world that wa

THIS SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY IS FINALLY GETTING THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES, 50 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. FROM FEASTING IN IMPERIAL CITIES TO HIKING MISTY MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WITH INDIGENOUS TRIBES AND SLOWING DOWN ON SUBTROPICAL BEACHES, VIETNAM’S BREADTH OF ATTRACTIONS IS HARD TO BEAT. VISITOR NUMBERS ARE GROWING, AND THERE’S STILL MUCH TO DISCOVER

DECADES OF DEINDUSTRIALIZATION HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON THIS NORTHERN PORT. WILL A DEFENSE SPENDING SPLURGE REVIVE IT?