The flags are being displayed ahead of the ... which led to the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule and forced hundreds of thousands in South Vietnam to flee. "My family had to escape ...

Communist Vietnam's tightly-controlled state media has pumped out a barrage of positive messaging about the anniversary. But flag-waving youngsters on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City told AFP that it ...

Helicopters carrying the national flag and jets flew over the parade near Independence ... an analyst at Singapore’s ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. He added that the Vietnam War remains central to how ...

The event marked the fall of the U.S.-backed Republic of Vietnam and paved the way for the nation’s unification under ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam on Wednesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the communist victory over ... waving red flags and singing patriotic songs as they watched a grand parade ...