U.S. military team meets Vietnamese officials on missing-person accounting

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 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...

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...

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,...