Did the banks give F&P a rough ride?

A former New Zealand artillery officer has been given a bravery award by the Australian Government.

Laos' bizarre capital is a languid collection of wide French-style avenues furnished with cruising tuk tuks, and plane-tree studded neighbourhoods dotted with Buddhist temples and French colonial architecture.

Being a large man taking up a space usually occupied by three Vietnamese, writer Walter Mason was obviously an easily noticed foreign visitor in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon).

Laura Franklin feels the love in Vietnam, where war has been trumped by resilience.