50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia

Even among former enemies, the new American withdrawal from aid and democratic ideals is stirring deep feelings and confusion.

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At Vietnam War Memorial, Familiar Names, Old Grief and a Kind of Peace

Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the anniversary of the fall of Saigon said they still felt sadness, anger and fury. And for some, finally, closure.

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Vietnam Veterans Worry That a War’s Hard Lessons Are Being Forgotten

The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 years later, veterans say they see its mistakes being repeated.

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U.S. Eases Ban for Diplomats at Vietnam War Anniversary

The administration had said that no senior U.S. envoys could attend the events marking 50 years after the war’s end. On Tuesday, the U.S. consul general was seen at a reception for the anniversary.

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How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America

The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.

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The Americans Fled Vietnam 50 Years Ago. I Visited the Buildings They Left Behind.

These structures, now surrounded by a modern metropolis, tell the story of the nation that has evolved in the decades since the war’s end.

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U.S. Tells Its Diplomats in Vietnam to Avoid War Anniversary Events

The reversal adds another Trump administration blow to decades of reconciliation efforts.

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Trump’s USAID Cuts Halt Agent Orange Victims Program in Vietnam

Fifty years after the Vietnam War ended, President Trump’s gutting of foreign aid has halted American efforts to address a toxic legacy and build a strategic partnership.

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U.S. Move to Suspend Mine Clearing Funds Alarms Vietnam

Large swaths of land in Southeast Asia are littered with unexploded bombs dropped by American forces during the Vietnam War.

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François Ponchaud, Who Alerted World to Cambodian Atrocities, Dies at 86

A French Catholic priest, he wrote a book recounting horrors committed by the Khmer Rouge that were responsible for the death of almost two million people.

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