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Jacquie Pham's debut novel, “Those Opulent Days,” begins where many thrillers these days begin: with the site of a death, assumed to be a murder. Readers don't know, at first, who died — it ...

The Vietnam War originated as a struggle for independence from French colonial rule but spiraled into a bloody conflict that would span many years as the United States became involved. It was also ...

In 1954, the French were finally defeated by the Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. This defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement and temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones ...

However, the influence the French in the trade and politics of Vietnam culminated in Vietnam becoming a French colony in 1887. The colonial rule continued until Vietnam's independence in 1954.

The Vietnam War was a highly controversial conflict. We break down some of the most common questions about the war.

After the Japanese surrender ends World War II, Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh forms a provisional government and declares his country's independence from all colonial powers. September 26 ...

The colonial authorities in Hanoi viewed P Kodanda Rao’s visit as a serious threat to their rule in Cambodia and Vietnam.