For many of the Vietnamese people who settled in the U.S. after the war’s end, its anniversary marks a complex turning point: the reluctant end of their lives in Vietnam and the hope of brighter days in America.

Vietnam has celebrated the end of the war with the United States and the formation of its modern nation 50 years ago with a military parade and a focus on a future of peace

Scholars, activists, and the public still argue about the Vietnam War, including over American motivations to intervene, the viability of the South Vietnamese government, and if t