Laos peace agreement is signed

The United States, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam and Provisional Revolutionary Government signed the agreement. It provided for a ceasefire and U.S. troop withdrawal, but did not...

Representatives of the United States, the Republic of Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and the Provisional Revolutionary Government signed the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring...

The ceasefire provisions of the Paris agreement took effect. Fighting continued, and the agreement’s monitoring and enforcement mechanisms could not establish a durable political settlement....

The first group of U.S. prisoners of war was released and flown from Hanoi under the Paris agreement. The operation brought home 591 U.S. prisoners over several weeks; Vietnamese prisoners and missing...

Operation Homecoming began with the release of U.S. prisoners from North Vietnam. The National Archives records 591 American prisoners released under the agreement, while Vietnamese detainees and...

Operation End Sweep began clearing mines laid by U.S. forces during the war, following the Paris Peace Accords. Helicopter crews worked in Haiphong’s shipping approaches and other ports. The operation...

The final U.S. combat troops departed under the Paris agreement. U.S. military aid and political involvement continued, and Vietnamese forces continued fighting. The withdrawal therefore ended...

The final U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam under the Paris agreement. The withdrawal ended direct U.S. ground combat deployment but did not end the conflict between Vietnamese forces or the...

Captain Robert White, held by a local National Liberation Front member, was transferred to U.S. officials after the larger prisoner-release process. His case showed that the return of U.S. prisoners...

The two negotiators resumed meetings as fighting continued and the ceasefire proved unstable. The U.S. diplomatic record describes the May–June meetings as an unsuccessful effort to reaffirm the...