Plans for a new statue of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam costing $65 million
The proposed monument of the founder of modern day communist Vietnam in Son La province costs $65 million. It's a region of the country which has suffered famine and flooding recently and people are questioning the cost.
The BBC's East Asia regional editor, Giang Nguyen explains.
(Photo: A man doing his morning exercises next to a statue of Ho Chi Minh at a public park in the southern city of Can Tho. Credit: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images)