MOVIES - April 13, 1987

Bui Xuan Nhat, Vietnam’s top diplomat in the United States, thinks the Oscar-winning “Platoon” would be a hit in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), but said his country probably couldn’t afford to buy the foreign rights to show the film. Distributor Orion Pictures Corp. said Vietnam hasn’t expressed any interest. “Vietnam chooses not to buy American pictures,” said executive David Lamping. But Nhat said he would like a copy of the movie: “I think that this film will be positively appreciated, valued, in our country.”