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I always assumed that napalm strikes burned the enemy. Then came the photo after I’d returned to "the world," as we called ...
On assignment in Da Nang for the ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam’s I Corps at ...
I explored another corner of Northern Vietnam which was a day trip to Ninh Binh, located about two hours away by road from ...
Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic ...
The new plan will mark the largest shakeup of Vietnam's administrative map since the postwar unification of North and South Vietnam in the late 1970s. It will reduce the country's 63 provincial and ...
Two of Vietnam’s largest conglomerates are vying to lead the country’s largest infrastructure project to date: a US$67 billion high-speed railway linking the northern capital, Hanoi, with the ...
The tides of history, the tears of remembrance: Fifty years ago, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese military units surged into Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, forcibly reuniting the country ...
Pham Ngoc Son is a 69-year-old veteran who was an army truck driver bringing troops and supplies from the north to the south through the Ho Chi Minh trail — the secret route used by North Vietnam.
On April 30, 2025, Vietnam celebrates Reunification Day (Liberation Day). This is a significant holiday commemorating the end of the Vietnam War and the reunification of the country in 1975.
Rooted in the aftermath of World War II and the First Indochina War (1946–1954), Vietnam was divided into communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam after the Geneva Accords in 1954.
The fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 marked the end of a Vietnam divided into the communist North and U.S.-allied South, and the country’s top official told crowds the past decades had led to ...
The second-longest war in U.S. history began with dreams of quick victory and ended in catastrophe. Article by James M. Lindsay April 30, 2025 11:10 am (EST) ...