SAIGON, Vietnam — Russian-built Vietnamese air force planes and helicopters zoomed overhead, ambassadors and bureaucrats ...

Floral motifs still appeared — often surrounding a red star or a hammer and sickle ... But the Cooper-Hewitt chess set still hammers home the old Communist line with idealistic conviction.

HCMC has been festooned with flags, including the national yellow star on a red backdrop, the hammer and sickle in a nod to ...