The historic anniversary commemorates the first act of the country's reunification on April 30, 1975 when Communist-run North ...

On April 30, 1975, communist North Vietnam seized control of Saigon, the capital of U.S.-backed South Vietnam. The victory ...

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Engine failure kept the ship from moving as bombs exploded around Saigon. It finally left port early on April 30, 1975, the day the North Vietnamese captured the capital of South Vietnam, ending the ...

Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Tuesday with a large-scale military-civilian parade in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, celebrating a historic moment ...

Two local Marine Corps vets thought their toughest battles were behind them. They’re now fighting for their lives—this time against diseases linked to toxic water at Camp Lejeune.

My Vietnamese mother fled South Vietnam seven days before the communists took over. My maternal grandmother escaped on one of the last C-130 aircrafts six days later. My father was a member of the ...

Troops from Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cambodia marched side by side in a grand military parade featuring 13,000 participants, held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam’s Reunification Day.

Vietnam is celebrating the end of the war with the United States and the formation of its modern nation 50 years ago with a ...

By Minh Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) -Thousands of Vietnamese celebrated the 50th anniversary of ...

The Fall of Saigon set off an exodus, sending thousands of Vietnamese refugees scrambling to leave the country. Bynum was one ...