WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of ...

People try to scale the 14-foot wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, trying to reach evacuation helicopters, as the last of the Americans depart from Vietnam. The war ended on April 30, 1975, with the ...

Can Cameron Mackintosh’s superb new touring revival of Miss Saigon silence those who complain that – sweeping, heart-stirring score aside – it trades in offensive Asian stereotypes? Probably not.

The fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, marked the end of the decades-long Vietnam War. Images of overloaded evacuation helicopters remain among the iconic scenes of the 1970s. Fifty years later, the ...

Peter Nguyen’s first English sentence at 9 years old was “Give me candy,” after his grandfather carried him away from the naval base their family had been staying at. They were fleeing Northern ...

Loren Jenkins never intended to cover war, but in April 1975, he witnessed the fall of Saigon. From shredded files to hidden codes, he recalls the... Today marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of ...

The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The fall of the city marked the end of the South Vietnamese government and ...