Souvenirs recall 'atmosphere' of war that killed millions

Grubby satchels, helmets, rusty knives and chunky radios are strewed around Dinh Van Loc's front room, transforming his house in Vietnam's capital into an abandoned battlefield.

For Loc, these are treasured items amassed over the years, rooted in a teenage fascination with the country's devastating war with the United States that ended nearly four decades ago.

The 32-year-old's obsession with combat zone memorabilia is a rare one in Vietnam, where the majority of its 90 million people were born long after the war. And those who do remember it chose to move on.