Bullet removed 39 years after war

The former communist soldier was shot during a battle in Quang Tri province in 1968, during the Vietnam War.
Dr Hien added: Normally a person with a bullet in his heart would die immediately if they didnt have surgery right away.

 
The operation lasted three hours and afterwards Hung said the constant pain he had lived with for nearly four decades had eased.
He said: I was very lucky to survive. People believe in their fate and I do too.
His daughter, Le Thi Mai, 33, visited her father in hospital on Sunday, and said: The operation was even more successful than we had expected. When I spoke to him, he was very happy.