MCLEAN, Va. (7News) — April 30 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. On that day in 1975, the capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. Even though thousands of ...

The end of French Indochina meant major changes in the region, including the partitioning of Vietnam into communist North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh, and US-aligned South Vietnam. This year marks ...

That’s when Paris signed the Peace Accords with the North Vietnamese, which allowed them to create a military presence in South Vietnam. “South Vietnam was essentially created at that point ...

1946 – Communists in the north begin fighting France for control of the country. 1949 – France establishes the State of Vietnam in the southern half of the country. 1951 – Ho Chi Minh ...

The end of French Indochina meant major changes in the region, including the partitioning of Vietnam into Communist North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh, and U.S.-aligned South Vietnam. This year marks ...