On March 3, 1925, the Governor General of Indochina issued a statement confirming that Hoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam. Thus, even in the French-ruled period, Vietnam’s sovereignty over the ...

In the 1850s, persecution of French missionaries gave France an excuse to expand their colonial empire into Vietnam. In 1859, French troops destroyed the citadel at Gia Dinh. Skirmishes continued ...

The resulting media attention proved very embarrassing for the defeated French. The outcome of this defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement of July 1954 and temporarily separated Vietnam ...

On March 28, the Da Nang People's Committee inaugurated the Da Nang Museum, a modern facility renovated from the 125-year-old ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Tippecanoe County Historical Association sponsors a free living history event portraying the ...

War veterans, communist leaders and diplomats gathered in Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s seminal victory over French colonial forces. The bloody 56-day ...

The exhibition features over 50 black-and-white photographs by French photographer Marc Riboud ... with profound insights into this critical historical period. She hopes to bring the exhibition to ...