When standing at the center of Vietnam’s Hien Luong pedestrian bridge, the former divide between the country’s north ... the south. Although this Buffer Zone (also called “the Green Line ...

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was a protracted conflict between communist North Vietnam and the US-backed South Vietnam, rooted in Cold War politics. The war cost millions of lives, caused immense ...

March 29, 1973 – The last American ground troops leave. Fighting begins again between North and South Vietnam, but the United States does not return. April 30, 1975 – South Vietnam surrenders ...

Vietnam’s emblem, another carrying a portrait of Ho Chi Minh and finally one that represented 50 years of reunification between North and South Vietnam. Chinese, Laotian and Cambodian troops ...

Vietnamese flags fly on the Hien Luong Bridge, with a memorial in the distance, at the former border between North and South Vietnam, Quang Tri province, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/David Rising) ...

Vietnam has approved ... the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south at an estimated cost of $67 billion. The ambitious railway line will stretch 1,541 kilometers (957 miles ...

The demilitarized zone, which separated north and south Vietnam, was located just 60 miles north of Hue, and some of the war’s fiercest battles were fought nearby. Though the war was not the ...

Vietnam’s Hien Luong pedestrian bridge across the Ben Hai River is located along the 17th parallel, the former demarcation line between North and South Vietnam. Andrew Woodley/Education Images ...