Word: khoi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Communists now call it Ho Chi Minh City, but it still looks much like the old Saigon-at least at first glance. A stroll along busy Tu Do Street-renamed Dong Khoi, the Street of the Simultaneous Uprising-remains one of the most fascinating city walks in the world, a gauntlet of boutiques, cafés and attractive women in the traditional ao dai-a long, slit-skirted dress. In sharp contrast with Hanoi, where I found nearly everything in short supply, Saigon's peddlers hawk an abundance of goods, from government-sponsored lottery tickets to ceramic elephants...
...presidential election coming up in November, they say, he is in no position to start swinging a political ax at influential backers. His opponents, on the other hand, point out that his own uncle, Ngo Xuan Tich, directs the government agency charged with rooting out corruption, while Tran Thien Khoi, a brother of Premier Tran Thien Khiem, is in charge of all antismuggling operations...