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Capitalism Won the Vietnam War
The dominos didn’t topple far or for long, but America still bears costs at home.
PHOTO COLLECTION: Vietnam War Anniversary
A motorist rides past a billboard celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Saturday, April 26, 2025 ...
50 years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam tweaks the story of its victory
The day the Vietnam War ended has become a high-profile celebration in Vietnam. But debates over the name of the April 30 ...
They grew a ‘Little Saigon’ in the shadow of the Pentagon
By car, on foot, by boat and several planes, Vietnamese fleeing the war in Vietnam made their way to Northern Virginia, in ...
50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine
(THE CONVERSATION) When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of ...
The things they’ll carry: San Jose’s Vietnamese on their next 50 years
Seven-year-old Vương Ngọc Lan ascended from a pit of fish guts and human waste inside a 50-foot dinghy to a 935-foot tanker ...