By Dave Philipps A scratchy prerecorded message crackled over American Armed Forces radio in Saigon 50 years ago, repeating that the temperature was “105 degrees and rising,” and then playing ...

Vietnam commemorated the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon with a grand celebration, notably including Chinese troops for the first time, signaling strengthened ties after President Xi ...

The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The fall of the city marked the end of the South Vietnamese government ...

As the southern city of Saigon fell and South Vietnamese residents fled, tens of thousands made their way to the United States and many to Orange County where they gave birth to Little Saigon.

WESTMINSTER, Calif. — When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of ...

Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Although a child of war refugees, Victoria Ngo got to learn more about her Vietnamese identity only during her college years in the United States in the 1990s.

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 ...

It was April 29, 1975. To the west of where the Midway was operating, communist North Vietnamese forces were closing in for the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, which the US had ...

As North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the fall of the southern capital city on April 30, 1975, effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War. The evacuation of South Vietnamese allies and ...

WE LOST OUR COUNTRY TODAY. THE DAY KNOWN AS BLACK APRIL. THE FALL OF SAIGON AND THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR, WHEN NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS STORMED THE CAPITAL CITY, LEAVING FAMILIES LIKE STEPHANIE ...

“It was to find freedom,” said Vinh Nguyen, who was 15 when his family almost died while fleeing Saigon 50 years ago. And “liberty.” By car, on foot, by boat and several planes, they made ...