Filming on Location in Vietnam, 'the Country That Kept Every Promise'

'The Quiet American' helmer Philip Noyce headlined a panel of movie and TV makers who praised the country's lush vistas and local crews' 'high degree of creativity'

FILM FORUM From left: Nicholas Simon, Phillip Noyce, Lori Balton, Joel S. Rice, Mai Suong and Justin Booth took the stage at the Directors Guild of America on Sept. 25 for a Destination Vietnam panel. (Todd Williamson)

“I’ve filmed in many different countries and been promised many different things,” Phillip Noyce told a crowd of more than 300 at the Dir…