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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 ...
“I was just clearing the runway for him … that’s all you can do.” The fall of Saigon brought the final curtain down on a grinding conflict that unleashed devastation across the ...
April 30, 2025 • Loren Jenkins never intended to cover war, but in April 1975, he witnessed the fall of Saigon. From shredded files to hidden codes, he recalls the chaos they led up to the war's ...
In the morning of April 29, 1975, a massive evacuation exercise began in Saigon, which ended almost 24 hours later. About 6,500 people had been airlifted by the end of the exercise, including ...
Beginning on the anniversary of the departure of the final convoy – May 6 – the exhibition “Facing the Khmer Rouge – The French Embassy during the Fall of Phnom Penh (April 17 – May 8, 1975)” will be ...
Indie game developer Questline and publisher Awaken Realms revealed the release date for their latest game, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. Serving as a love letter to open-world FPP RPGs ...
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 ...
Ho Chi Minh City (AFP) – Vietnam is set to hold its biggest celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping ...
This April, known as Black April in the Vietnamese American community, marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon — the day South Vietnam’s capital fell to communist forces on April 30 ...
The quake tore a rupture through the earth's surface stretching for more than 460 km (285 miles), around twice the distance expected from a quake of this magnitude, according to scientists.
READ: Scientists explain why Myanmar quake was so deadly A strike on Wednesday killed five people and wounded eight more in a village on the outskirts of the town of Tabayin, residents told AFP ...