Vietnam held its largest-ever public celebrations on Tuesday to mark 80 years since the declaration of independence, with legions of lock-stepped patriots marching under fluttering flags. Around ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, military veterans, family members and Vietnamese immigrants from the area reflect on the war that deeply affected their ...

Mark Simonson Contributing Writer Apr 30, 2025 Apr 30, 2025 Updated Apr 30, 2025 It was 50 years ago yesterday, April 30, 1975 when Saigon, South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnam forces and marked the ...

Vietnam mounted its biggest-ever celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping visited to portray Beijing as a more ...

PEMBROKE — More than 58,000 fought and died. More than 304,000 more were wounded. And all served their nation — returning home to very few thanks, and occasionally outright hostility.

For the half-century or so he has lived in Seattle, Mac Shin didn't want to draw much attention to his collaboration and friendship with Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary father of Vietnamese ...

Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades, and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the French presence that once dominated Vietnam. But there are darker legacies ...

In 1946, colonial ambitions collided with a determined Vietnamese independence movement, pushing France and the Viet Minh into a war that would reshape Southeast Asia. With global powers watching ...

It was 50 years ago last week, on April 30, 1975, when Saigon, South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnam forces and marked the end of the Vietnam War. Many remember the images of the evacuation of ...