When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast ...

Harmful dioxins in Agent Orange, used to strip forests of their leaves, still linger in soil. Restoration work has been slow, ...

Vietnam's degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term ecological consequences of ...

Fifty years ago, the U.S. withdrew from Saigon, Vietnam. The refugee crisis in its wake was the beginning of Fall River's Cambodian community.

The basket boats of Ke Ga’s fishermen and the floating markets on the Mekong Delta are among the many attractions to discover ...

The Girl on the River (1987) and Living in Fear (2005 ... continue to support the communist party narrative by omitting South Vietnam’s anti-communist objective. They also undermine women ...

It obtained all French territory west of the Mississippi River for $15 million ... to be drafted into the U.S. military. In 1975, South Vietnam unconditionally surrendered to North Vietnam.

HO CHI MINH CITY — Military officers stoop to inspect slim green cannons along the Saigon River ... of Vietnam. The victory of the communist regime over the U.S. allied armies in the South ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, April 30 (Reuters) - Thousands of Vietnamese celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, in what the country's communist leader said was a ...

South Vietnam is often remembered for the endemic ... America’s involvement in Vietnam didn’t occur overnight; it was a slow, churning river that eventually gave way to the rapids.

So began a week-long journey down the Saigon River to the open sea ... to put down their weapons and surrender to the forces ...