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The history of Vietnam

Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's oldest civilizations, with a complex history shaped by various dynasties. From 300 BCE, dynasties ruled the north, often under Chinese influence, while several ...
Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's oldest civilizations, with a complex history shaped by various dynasties. From 300 BCE, dynasties ruled the north, often under Chinese influence, while several ...
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam in March 1965, few Americans ...
"Blueboy" assault group aboard HH-3E at the start of Operation Ivory Coast in 1970. (U.S. Army) By November 1970, conditions for American prisoners being held by North Vietnam were reaching their ...
Vietnam: the real enemy - Ngo Vinh Long A short history of Vietnam, through French colonialism and the American invasion, up until the Doi Moi reforms of the late 1980s. Article is by the Vietnamese ...
The country is moving closer to a genuine reckoning with painful and politically sensitive realities about the war that pitted Vietnamese against each other. April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of ...
A US Army advisor and a line of Vietnamese infantrymen look into the distance along the bank of a rice paddy in 1965. The Vietnam War was a conflict with profound international implications that ...
America’s attempts at bombing an adversary into submission usually fail. The history of the Vietnam War provides perspective.
Vietnam was known as "Van Lang" from 2879 BCE to 258 BCE under the Hung Kings. Under Chinese domination, Vietnam was called "Au Lac" and then "Nam Viet." In 1804, the Nguyen Dynasty named the country ...
HO CHI MINH CITY — Military officers stoop to inspect slim green cannons along the Saigon River. Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park. Fighter jets and ...
This week marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. It is also the 30th anniversary of normalized relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, which made them partners in trade. With proposed tariffs now ...
He was a helicopter pilot they called “Combat Kelly,” and in the early years of the Vietnam War, Maj. Charles Kelly set the example for the daredevil flyers who would come to be called Army “Dustoff” ...