Urban decay is the gradual decline of a city due to economic downturn, aging or shrinking populations, deteriorating infrastructure, pollution, and social problems. Vietnam's two largest cities ...

Image A lake near the neighborhood of Dinh Thi Lan, where the water is affected by Agent Orange contamination in Vietnam’s Bien Hoa City, in Dong Nai Province.Credit...Linh Pham for The New York ...

which was the capital of South Vietnam, include the South Vietnamese president's Independence Palace where North Vietnamese tanks famously crashed through the gates as they took the city and the ...