Investment in a planned Trump Tower in Vietnam is estimated at around $1 billion and construction of the at least 60-storey skyscraper could start next year, a person familiar with the discussions ...

Over the two days of national mourning, 830 delegations with about 10,500 people came to the National Funeral Hall, the ...

As Vietnam commemorates the 50th anniversary of national reunification, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism is launching the new “Find Your Vibes” campaign. This tourism campaign ...

Six readers on learning kindness, valuing allies and venerating the law of war.

The fall of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City – HCM) on 30 April 1975 marked the ... of company commander Bui Quang Than rammed into a gatepost of the presidential palace (now Reunification Palace). The ...

Many iconic locations in Ho Chi Minh City in 1975 ... Liberation forces breached the palace gates, marking the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam regime. After the war it was renamed Reunification ...

HO CHI MINH – At exactly ... watched fireworks in the city many times, yet the experience still felt new. “Nothing brings more joy than hearing fireworks on the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of ...

Thousands gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon ... the morning to make our way to the main stage of Vietnam’s Reunification Day parade, we found the streets full of people ...

Herbicidal warfare left a toxic legacy of environmental damage and severe health issues. Now, efforts to clean up contamination are at risk ...

On April 30, 2025, Vietnam celebrates Reunification Day (Liberation ... troops stormed the Independence Palace in central Saigon — now known as Ho Chi Minh City — ending the almost 20-year ...

Thousands camped overnight on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City — once known ... boulevard leading to the Independence Palace before branching into city streets and will pass the U.S. Consulate.

A lotus-shaped float carrying a portrait of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh was near the front ... crashed through the gates of the city’s presidential palace, defeating US-backed South Vietnam ...