A Saigon update
For the last week, the Saigon Fire Brigade has been conducting extensive, daily fire drills at Diamond Plaza, a shopping mall and office/apartment complex about 200 m down the road from the American Consulate.
This morning (Saturday) I was surprised to hear a helicopter and looked out to see a civil Mi-8 participating in the drill. It probably landed on (or hovered over) the roof of Diamond Plaza, but I couldn't see from my vantage point.
Why was I surprised? Well, all aircraft are/were banned from flying over the centre of Saigon, so this is probably the first time a helicopter has flown here since April 1975!