U.S. Congress enacts the Amerasian Homecoming Act

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...

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 and Vietnamese naval units clashed at Johnson South Reef in the Spratly Islands. Vietnam’s account reports 64 deaths; independent scholarship confirms a naval battle but the broader...

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...