The North using its conventional army, the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN), in conjunction with the communist -backed Viet Cong, who fought a guerrilla war in the south, made continual progress ...

With the fall of Saigon to Communist forces in April 1975, United States involvement in Vietnam came to an end. Adm. James L. Holloway III assumed the responsibility for naval operations during ...

By 30 April, Saigon, soon to be renamed Ho Chi Minh City, was under full North Vietnamese control. By the end of 1975, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were all under communist rule – which in Vietnam ...

Fall of Saigon •The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) on April 30, 1975.

Millions of U.S. troops fought in Vietnam. For some Americans, the war that effectively ended with the fall of Saigon 50 years ago on April 30, 1975, continues to shape their lives.

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War.

After the fall of Saigon, San Diego offered the start of a new life for so many people who fled their homeland of Vietnam. That included Dr. Pha Le and his family.

"Because Saigon was about to be overtaken and fall, we were a high-priority family to leave Vietnam," Tam said. Tam's story isn't unique. Millions of families escaped Vietnam after the fall of ...

As the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, advocates say that the refugee community’s issues have only been magnified.

Vietnamese Americans living in metro Detroit reflect on the Fall of Saigon 50 years later. For many Vietnamese Americans living in Michigan, their journey to the United States began 50 years ago ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- High school teacher Kevin Guzman did something different for his lesson on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon: he let his students teach part of the course.

By 30 April, Saigon, soon to be renamed Ho Chi Minh City, was under full North Vietnamese control. By the end of 1975, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were all under communist rule – which in Vietnam ...