Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington

Governments met in Geneva to address refugees and displaced persons in Southeast Asia. The meeting sought asylum, rescue, and resettlement commitments as boat departures accelerated and first-asylum...

The two-day meeting concluded with pledges for resettlement and international assistance. UNHCR reported that offers reached 260,000 by the end of the meeting, creating a framework for relief while...

Vietnam sent the U.N. texts of its May memorandum with UNHCR, a June Foreign Ministry statement, and its speech at the July Geneva meeting. The documentary exchange captured the competing claims of...

The National Assembly adopted the 1980 Constitution after reunification. It formalized a socialist state framework and a single national government. The document records the state’s own account of...

Voters elected members to the Seventh National Assembly. In a one-party political system, the vote reinforced national institutions after reunification while offering limited electoral competition....

The bronze sculpture by Frederick Hart was dedicated near the memorial wall after debate about how the site should represent service and sacrifice. Its addition shows that U.S. remembrance was...

The congress began adopting economic reforms that loosened central planning and expanded market mechanisms under continued one-party rule. Đổi Mới responded to economic crisis and transformed...

The Communist Party of Vietnam convened its Sixth National Congress in Hanoi. Delegates debated a severe economic crisis and the limits of centralized planning. The opening of the congress began the...

At the close of the congress, the party adopted a reform course later known as Đổi Mới. The changes expanded market mechanisms and household production while retaining one-party rule. Their effects...

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...