U.S. President Barack Obama is in Vietnam forging stronger ties with a country that was the scene of bitter conflict just over 40 years ago. The war ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of ...

The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores "many sides" of the conflict in a way that explodes the "hippies vs. patriots" caricature of the era that's been such a bad influence ...

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More than 50,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War, but on the other side, countless Vietnamese lost their lives as well. Now, those two sides are using their shared grief to overcome decades of ...

What was the Vietnam War like through the eyes of the North Vietnamese? In this video, we explore the conflict from their side - looking at motivations, strategy, and the sacrifices made by soldiers ...

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick‘s 10-part documentary series, The Vietnam War, takes a sweeping look at the first war that came into America’s living rooms. While many stories have been told about ...

The 40th anniversary of the war’s end in Vietnam should be occasion for more self-reflection and less finger-pointing on all sides, and for adopting a whole new vocabulary to talk about the ...

Most of Vietnam has no memory of what the government calls "the American War" (or the "Anti-American War"); the country's median age is just under 30. Mementos of the war remain.

Almost 50 years ago, the Vietnam War came to an end for U.S. troops, ... Both sides took losses, with Vietnam suffering terribly with 3 million dead and the US losing 58,000.

Almost 50 years ago, the Vietnam War came to an end for U.S. troops, ... Both sides took losses, with Vietnam suffering terribly with 3 million dead and the US losing 58,000.