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Learn how the French waged war on the communist Viet Minh in the First Indochina War after World War II
First Indochina War erupts in Vietnam, December 19, 1946.
Examine early U.S. involvement in Vietnam under the Eisenhower administration during the First Indochina War
French defeat by Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu, northern Vietnam, 1954.
See how the North Vietnamese-backed Viet Cong launched surprise attacks across South Vietnam
Scenes of the Tet Offensive, South Vietnam, January–February 1968.
Watch scenes of the U.S. and South Vietnamese evacuation from Saigon as North Vietnamese tanks arrive
Scenes of the last American helicopter leaving Saigon, South Vietnam, April 30, 1975.
Know about an effort to make portable and low-cost prosthetic limbs
Learn about an effort to provide prosthetic, or artificial, limbs quickly and cheaply...
Explore the beautiful Hoi An city, Vietnam
Time-lapse video of Hoi An, Vietnam; the city was designated a World Heritage site...
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rice paddy in Vietnam
Plowing a rice paddy with a water buffalo in Sa Pa, northern Vietnam.
© David Davis/stock.adobe.com
Montagnard people of Vietnam
Montagnard family at home in the central highlands of Vietnam.
A. Rakoczy/Shostal Associates
Austronesian languages
Major divisions of the Austronesian (formerly called Malayo-Polynesian) languages.
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Vietnam
A settlement (background) overlooking rice paddies near Hoa Binh, northern Vietnam.
© Wolfgang Kaehler
mountain village in northwestern Vietnam
Small mountain village in northwestern Vietnam.
© Le Do/Shutterstock.com
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Building, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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tea plantation in Vietnam
Tea plantation near Da Lat, southern Vietnam.
P. Schmid/Shostal Associates
rice planting
A farmer planting rice in Ninh Binh, in the Red River delta, northern Vietnam, 2015.
© Leocadio Sebastian
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem, president of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), 1955–63.
UPI—Bettmann/Corbis
Vietnam War theater
A map of North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War showing major air bases and...
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Fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War
Air America helicopter evacuating Vietnamese officials and their families from the...
Hubert Van Es—UPI/Newscom
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