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Directed by openly gay filmmaker Hong Khaou, Monsoon is a beautiful drama about a British Vietnamese man named Kit (Henry Golding of Crazy Rich Asians fame) who visits his home country thirty years after his family escaped Saigon as refugees after the Vietnam War. It’s touching to see a...
When I went to Vietnam in 1966, I, as did every soldier arriving in country, processed through the 90th Replacement Battalion at Long Binh, about 20 miles from Saigon. The Supply Sergeant of the 90th Replacement Battalion, Staff Sergeant (SSG) Britt, had been the supply sergeant of a co...
That energy is felt in the cafe scene, which runs deep. (James Clark, “The incredible cafe scene of Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam.”) This looks like a cozy living room. It’s actually Cucuta Coffee, one of Saigon’s incredible cafes. ...
and “Königsberg” (historic Prussian name) ➜ “Kaliningrad” (after the USSR took control of it from Germany). The spoils of war also accounts for the change in name of the Vietnamese city “Saigon” to “Ho Chi Minh City” after the North Vietnamese were victorious in the civil...
Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Saigon Vietnam War 1974 The Ramones play their first public gig in Manhattan Arts & Entertainment 1949 Actor Robert Mitchum is released after serving time for marijuana possession Crime 1948 Henry Wallace criticizes Truman’s Cold War policies ...
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMPARING AFGHANISTAN TO THE FALL OF SAIGON? The Fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces in 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. It became an enduring symbol of defeat after thousands of Americans and their Vietnamese allies were airlifted out of the city on helicopter...
advisers to South Vietnam when Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem received threats from multiple domestic sources. Also that year, the U.S. Navy helped the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist soldiers and residents from the Tachen Islands when the People's Liberation Army overtook the area....
The theme for Saigon Summit is “Charting Vietnam’s Tech Future.” That seems apt, given that the countrya booming marketin Southeast Asia. Vietnam is also considered by some as the region’sthird major startup market, right after Singapore and Indonesia. Not only is it home to notable ...