📅 2 November 1963
South Vietnamese generals overthrew Diệm on November 1; Diệm and his brother Nhu were killed the next day. The coup followed Buddhist repression and U.S. policy shifts. A succession of unstable...
📅 30 April 1975
North Vietnamese forces entered Saigon as the Republic of Vietnam surrendered. The event ended the war and the division created after Geneva. For many Vietnamese it meant national reunification; it...
📅 28 April 1975
Dương Văn Minh assumed the presidency as the Republic of Vietnam faced imminent defeat. He later called for a ceasefire and surrender, seeking to prevent further destruction in the capital.
📅 30 April 1975
People’s Army of Vietnam tanks entered the presidential palace, and President Dương Văn Minh announced surrender. In Vietnam, the date is commemorated as reunification and liberation; many former...
