Venezuelan TV channel Telesur screened the documentary film “Journeyto a country that no longer exists” by Cuban director Isabel Santos onMay 4 on the occasion of the liberation of South Vietnam (April 30)four decades ago.

Co-director Isabel Santos andfilmmaker Ivan Napoles worked to portray the drastic changes inVietnam after Napoles return forty years later to the land which inhis memory had suffered from significant pain and loss from the war.

Ivan Napoles and Cuban co-director Santiago Alvarez travelled toVietnam a number of times in the 1960s and 1970s to film war-tornVietnam and the late President Ho Chi Minh.

His latest trip, however, revealed a country with strong economic development and happy people.

The film also reflects the special sentiment of 79-year-old Napolesand other Cuban people towards Vietnam, especially of those whowitnessed the losses and sacrifice the country suffered during wartime.

Standing in front of President Ho Chi Minh’smausoleum, Napoles recalled how he wept together with Vietnamese peoplewhen the leader passed away 44 years ago. He was deeply moved by thegreat post-war achievements that the Vietnamese Party, Government andpeople have reached.

Before screening the film,Telesur TV also broadcast the news on the grand ceremony to mark theliberation day of South Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City.

It also highlighted many articles on the war aftermath in Vietnam withover 6 million tonnes of bombs dropped by the US and the consequencesof Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin contamination.-VNA