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FILE- Flying a bare 100 feet above the jungle hills west of Hue, 5 bulky 'C-123 providers' cut loose a spray of chemical defoliant on August 14, 1968. The chemicals used burn off heavy foliage ...
When Joseph Dang and his parents fled Vietnam in 1986, they escaped by boat. Dang, then 10 years old, recalls the terror he felt as one of 98 people crammed into the ...
The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the news was over, so was the war. Prime-time shows brought nary a mention of it as networks looked to bring ...
A young Vietnamese newsboy held up a headline in Saigon on September 16, 1969, announcing the imminent withdrawal of US troops, just hours before President Nixon's official statement. Below, the ...
She was one of 2 million “boat people” who fled Vietnam by sea after the fall of Saigon to Communist forces on April 30, 1975, remembered as Tháng Tư Đen — Black April. As the exodus ...
The fall of Saigon 50 years ago prompted a mass exodus of Vietnamese people. Many were evacuated by the United States military and brought to America to resettle. As more people fled in the years ...
Vietnam has been called the first “television” war. But it has also inspired generations of writers who have explored its origins, its horrors, its aftermath and the innate flaws and ...
MANILA, Philippines — Vietnam’s VTV Binh Dien Long An dug deep to overcome Chinese Taipei’s Kaohsiung Taipower, 25-20, 17-25, 25-22, 28-26, and book a semis spot in the 2025 AVC Women’s ...
Across Vietnam, U.S. forces sprayed sprayed 72 million liters (19 million gallons) of defoliants during the war to strip the enemy's cover. More than half was Agent Orange, a blend of herbicides.
Vietnam and the United States have started talks "on bilateral economic and trade issues" in the wake of threatened US tariffs, Hanoi said. US President Donald Trump this month threatened massive ...