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I skipped the big cities for Vietnam’s charming less-visited waterways
The basket boats of Ke Ga’s fishermen and the floating markets on the Mekong Delta are among the many attractions to discover ...
Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War
Vietnamese refugees evacuated by helicopter arrive on board the USS Midway ahead of the fall of Saigon on April 29, 1975. The ...
Vietnam Veterans Worry That a War’s Hard Lessons Are Being Forgotten
The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 ...
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Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon
Fifty years ago today, the fall of Saigon on April 30th, 1975, marked the end of the Vietnam War. Most Americans remember it ...
50 years after the war, Vietnam looks to the future
Fifty years after a North Vietnamese tank came crashing through the front gate of Saigon's presidential palace and brought an ...
Fifty years after the war, Vietnam faces a new US threat: tariffs
Like her, Ho Chi Minh City, where she lived, was gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the war, when the ...