This year marks 50 years since the Vietnam War ended with the capture of Saigon by communist forces, and among those who escaped and survived are a Mason woman and her family, who arrived in the ...
Women pose for photos outside the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8. The country will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon on Wednesday. (Tan Qingju / Getty Images) ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Vietnam “Old Hacks” had been gathering for years on major ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Naja Pham Lockwood sat in a corner of the last South Vietnamese ship to leave Vietnam during the harrowing chaos as Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. As a multitude of people ...
Red-and-gold banners snapped in the sticky morning breeze above a quarter-mile-long grandstand holding some 5,600 Vietnamese dignitaries and foreign guests. I occupied one of the cushioned seats, ...
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Getting in Sync With Vietnam's Varied Rhythms

From bustling Ho Chi Minh City to the magnificent Mekong Delta, Chris Schalkx explores this country of contrasts.
Military officers stoop to inspect slim green cannons along the Saigon River. Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park. Fighter jets and helicopters roar ...