Naval battle at Gạc Ma kills Vietnamese sailors and shifts control

The election selected the Eighth National Assembly during the early reform period. The body would pass laws meant to reshape economic administration, including rules for foreign investment. Formal...

The law created an immigration route for many Vietnamese people born to U.S. fathers and Vietnamese mothers, along with eligible family members. It addressed a legacy of U.S. military presence through...

The National Assembly passed a law to attract foreign capital and technology. It marked an important part of postwar economic restructuring and an effort to expand international ties while...

A group of Amerasian children and relatives traveled out of Vietnam as an Orderly Departure Program arrangement resumed. The program offered a safer legal route for some families, while the categories...

A U.S. military team traveled to Hanoi for technical talks on Americans missing from the war. The meeting reflected a continuing effort to locate remains and records, a humanitarian concern that...

Chinese forces attacked Vietnamese personnel at Johnson South Reef in the Spratly Islands. The clash killed Vietnamese sailors and shifted control of the reef. The sovereignty dispute and accounts...

The Communist Party’s Resolution 10 recognized households as autonomous production units in agriculture and expanded their role in farming. It accelerated changes to rural production and helped...

Twenty-eight Amerasian youths and relatives began a journey to the United States under the departure program. For these families, migration involved claims about parentage, state processing, and the...

Governments and international agencies met in Kuala Lumpur to prepare a multilateral response to rising arrivals from Indochina. The process sought to preserve first asylum, assess refugee claims,...

Governments and UNHCR agreed on a regional framework combining first asylum, resettlement, voluntary repatriation, and refugee-status determination. The policy reduced irregular departures over time...