Hung Vu, 73, a former South Vietnamese army officer who left the country in 1975, poses with a photo of himself taken during the Vietnam War at his army surplus store in the Little Saigon neighborhood ...

In the morning of April 29, 1975, a massive evacuation exercise began in Saigon, which ended almost 24 hours later. About 6,500 people had been airlifted by the end of the exercise, including nearly ...

As Communist Troops Streamed Into Saigon, a Few Remaining Reporters Kept Photos and Stories Flowing BANGKOK (AP) — They'd watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through ...

Twenty minutes. That’s how long Nho Trong Nguyen had to save his wife and son. The day was April 26, 1975 – four days before the fall of Saigon – and the South Vietnamese congressman had just hung up ...

Why here? That is the question. Why did Little Saigon take root along Bolsa Avenue in Westminster and not someplace else? Several factors led to this. They include: 1. Camp Pendleton After Saigon fell ...

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Local Vietnamese-American leaders at City Council recognition (screenshot via City of Falls Church) The Falls Church City Council marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon last week with a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Wednesday marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, communist Viet Cong forces took over Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Frank Snepp was overwhelmed. Like his fellow spooks in Saigon, Snepp, a CIA analyst in the American Embassy, was ...

Storefronts line Sacramento's Stockton Boulevard in the vibrant Little Saigon district in 2010. Randall Benton Sacramento Bee file Little Saigon — located along the stretch of Stockton Boulevard, ...

Think of the fall of Saigon, and think of that photograph. The one of people scrambling to the tower atop the United States embassy, desperate to clamber aboard the helicopter perched there as North ...

“Miss Saigon” changed my life. The daughter of Vietnamese refugees, I was raised in Fountain Valley, a stone’s throw from Little Saigon. Despite growing up in the world’s largest Vietnamese diaspora, ...