Vietnam is preparing stricter penalties to crack down on trade fraud and the illegal transshipment of goods, and has focused ...

Born long after the nation’s most turbulent years, Vietnam’s youth have embraced war stories anew - this time not as participants, but as storytellers discovering profound meaning in conflict. These ...

An international settlement ensured that the status quo of North and South Vietnam, divided by the DMZ at the 17th parallel, would legally form the dividing line between the two, much as the 38th ...

It is also just 80 kilometres from the 17th parallel, the dividing line between the warring North and the South in the 20-year war that ended in 1975. Azerai’s 1930s La Residence in Hue.

Vietnam, torn apart The war didn’t just divide Vietnam, it tore it apart. First came the physical split, along the 17th parallel established by the Geneva Accords in 1954.

Fifty years ago, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese military units surged into Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, forcibly reuniting the country, thus ending 20 years of conflict.

Vietnamese soldiers recall the origins of their brutal conflict across the 17th parallel. The US Civil Rights Movement inspires a new wave of activists.

The war is known by many names, and each one highlights the different objectives of the forces involved.

July 21, 1954 – Vietnam signs the Geneva Accords and divides into two countries at the 17th parallel, the Communist-led north and US-supported south. 1957-1963 – North Vietnam and the Viet ...

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

Vietnam’s Hien Luong pedestrian bridge across the Ben Hai River is located along the 17th parallel, the former demarcation line between North and South Vietnam. Andrew Woodley/Education Images ...

Early on, Tri Quang was inspired by the struggle against the French colonial rule that ended with the conclusion of the first Indochina war in 1954 and the division of Vietnam at the 17th parallel.