Tourism plans for Vietnam base

Vietnam has unveiled plans to use one of the world's largest military bases as a jumping off point for tourism.

A military airfield at Cam Ranh Bay is to become an international airport capable of handling wide-bodied airliners.

The Vietnamese government hopes the scheme will attract foreign investment and entice international tourists to the region, which has resort beaches on the South China Sea.

The airfield and the nearby deep water naval base have been largely unused since last year when the Russians ended a lease which they took out when the Americans left after the Vietnam War.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service