The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but the disaster unleashed by American use of Agent Orange continues unabated.

On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 ...

Vietnam today is young, ambitious and changing fast. How much does the war even matter anymore? How much does the war even matter anymore? On April 30, 1975, Vu Dang Toan commanded the first tank ...

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was a protracted conflict between communist North Vietnam and the US-backed South Vietnam, rooted in Cold War politics. The war cost millions of lives, caused immense ...

The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 ...

“Turning Point: The Vietnam War” opens with Brooklyn-born Scott Camil telling his piece of the American story. Camil says his stepfather was involved in the John Birch Society and hammered ...

Five decades after the end of the U.S.-led war in Vietnam, Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans are reflecting on the ...

Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary ... military parade near the Independence Palace, where the war ended when a North Vietnamese tank smashed through its gates. The celebrations — performances ...

(Mark J. Terrill/AP) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, April 29 (UPI) --Fifty years after a North Vietnamese tank came crashing through the front gate of Saigon's presidential palace and brought an end to the nearly two ...

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP ... military parade near the Independence Palace, where the war ended when a North Vietnamese tank smashed through its gates. The celebrations — performances ...