vietnam war



STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 09, 2023 • 9 min read

Literature Writing for reconciliation, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai bridges divides

By Govi Snell • Mar 09, 2023
The Vietnamese novelist's English-language debut, 'The Mountains Sing', was an international hit. Now, her second epic, 'Dust Child', examines the scars of war through the circuitous journey of an Amerasian man searching for acceptance

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 30, 2021 • 15 min read

History Giải Phóng Sài Gòn: The first days under communism

By Jim Laurie • Apr 30, 2021
For years, fear spread of a bloodbath in South Vietnam if the communists came to power. Undeterred, US journalist Jim Laurie was one of the few reporters to remain after the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, witnessing the first days of the liberated city under a new regime

Feb 23, 2021 • 10 min read
History

My Lai Massacre: The implication of Captain Ernest Medina, 50 years on

On this day in 1971, US Army Lieutenant William Calley took the stand, accused of killing 109 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in the hamlet of Mỹ Lai three years prior, and made a bombshell declaration – his commanding officer Captain Ernest Medina had ordered the killings
By William Thomas Allison • Feb 23, 2021

Jan 18, 2021 • 8 min read
History

The Vietnam school dealing with the effects of Agent Orange 59 years on

The US first dropped Agent Orange on January 18, 1962, and with it thrust upon Vietnam a legacy of health complications passed down through generations. Still today, one school near Hanoi works to mend the lasting trauma inflicted by the deadly herbicide
By Ashley Lampard • Jan 18, 2021

Apr 29, 2020 • 14 min read
War reporting

A homage to the photojournalists lost to decades of war in Vietnam

April 29 marks 50 years since the Cambodian Campaign began, while April 30 marks the 45th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, bringing an end to the US-Vietnam War. Marking the dates we return to one of our Most Read stories of 2008, a profile on book Requiem, serving as a tribute to the 135 photojournalists from all sides of the conflict who lost their lives in battle
By Tad Bartimus • Apr 29, 2020

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Feb 07, 2020 • 14 min read
Art and conflict in Vietnam

The art of war

Despite recording many iconic scenes from Vietnam's decades-long struggle for independence through his art, the story of Colonel Pham Thanh Tam has largely gone untold. But the man behind the pencil will not go forgotten.
By James Springer • Feb 07, 2020

Oct 10, 2019 • 10 min read
Geopolitics

Public enemies

Long accused by its critics of serving as a Vietnamese puppet, Cambodia's government now stands condemned of trying to serve two masters
By Paul Millar • Oct 10, 2019

Sep 06, 2019 • 14 min read
Agent Orange

Agents of death

Almost five decades since the US sprayed Agent Orange on Vietnam, lives are still being ruined by the herbicide – and German company Bayer, which acquired original manufacturer Monsanto, may now be forced to pay its own price for reckless herbicide use
By James Springer • Sep 06, 2019

Aug 01, 2019 • 6 min read
Analysis

Tired of winning

Vietnam has emerged as a key winner of Trump's trade war. But a wrong move could see the nation earning nothing but enemies in its triumph
By Nguyen Khac Giang • Aug 01, 2019

Dec 12, 2018 • 14 min read
Vietnam

The Vietnamese deportees caught in Trump’s immigration war

As the Trump administration ramps up deportation numbers, people who fled the Vietnam War are finding themselves caught between two former foes. This is the story of a deportee who has found himself a stranger in a strange land where he is a target for discrimination because of his father’s wartime legacy and his minority ethnicity
By Charles Dunst • Dec 12, 2018