Dylan plays safe in Vietnam
Bob Dylan (Photo: Alberto Cabello)
Many of Bob Dylan's biggest hits were written and recorded in the 1960s during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. Last night the folk music hero performed in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and he played it safe. Dylan did not play Masters of War or Blowing in the Wind. BBC reporter Nga Pham went to the show and talks to Marco Werman about the expectations some Vietnamese had.
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