Vietnam and diaspora communities mark thirty years since the fall of Saigon

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin and individual plaintiffs filed suit in federal court in Brooklyn. They sought accountability for harms they linked to wartime herbicides....

The court heard arguments in the case brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs. The litigation raised questions about corporate responsibility, the laws governing wartime herbicide use, and access to U.S....

The National Assembly passed Resolution 28/2004/QH11 ratifying the maritime delimitation agreement with China. Ratification established Vietnam’s formal consent to the treaty after its signature in...

The maritime agreement delimiting the Gulf of Tonkin entered into force after ratification procedures were completed. It set boundaries for territorial seas, exclusive economic zones, and...

Judge Jack Weinstein dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against chemical manufacturers. The ruling rejected the legal theories advanced in the case, leaving Vietnamese victims without a U.S. court...

Phan Văn Khải began an official visit and met President George W. Bush. The visit marked a new diplomatic phase ten years after relations were restored. It carried economic and regional agendas...

The governments affirmed growing economic ties and cooperation while recognizing continuing differences. The statement followed a high-level visit that had symbolic weight as the first by a Vietnamese...

The plaintiffs submitted an appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Their action continued a campaign for legal recognition and accountability after the district court dismissal. The appeal...

The Communist Party of Vietnam opened its tenth national congress in Hanoi. Delegates reviewed the first two decades of Đổi Mới and set economic and political priorities for 2006–2010. The congress...

The congress concluded after electing a new Central Committee and adopting its political and socioeconomic program. Its agenda linked industrialization and poverty reduction to continued market...