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This walk captures the atmosphere of Ho Chi Minh City as the streets shift into rush hour. Small shops, cafés, and local traffic reveal the rhythm of everyday life in the city. It’s a steady look at ...

Vietnam has been transformed since the end of what people there called the war of resistance against America and what Americans call the war in Vietnam. Life expectancy has soared. Poverty has ...

Tao Dan Park is one of the few green spaces in the heart of District 1 where daily life in Saigon unfolds at its own pace. In this article, I’ll share what it’s like to spend time in the park ...

This year’s Tết Parade on Feb. 1 in Little Saigon holds special significance, Westminster Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen said, as the community commemorates 50 years since the fall of Saigon — an event that ...

As servicemen aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier dumped millions of dollars of military hardware into the South China Sea, the commander chose not to watch. Capt. Larry Chambers knew his order to ...

Ever since COVID-19 quarantined us earlier this year, I have had a vague sense of déjà vu. When I was 6 years old, I lived through the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive of 1968, in which the North ...