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

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 ...

Firsthand accounts of the Vietnam War from over 60 eyewitnesses, including both participants and citizens. Also includes archival footage, providing an examination of the war from a different angle.

The victory of the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising of the Vietnamese people was a great source of encouragement ...

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 ...

After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva.