US EditionFall of Saigon 50th anniversary: How the loss of a homeland forever changed Orange County
- On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured Saigon, ending the two-decade Vietnam War and unifying the country under communist rule.
- The communist takeover followed intense conflict and hardship, including extreme starvation and government food rationing, which prompted many to flee by boat in a mass exodus.
- Thousands of refugees, often called 'boat people,' settled in communities across North America, including a large group that founded Little Saigon in Orange County, California, which has grown significantly over 50 years.
- As of 2022, Vietnamese Americans constitute roughly 7% of Orange County’s population, and the community has influenced local culture, cuisine, and politics, electing representatives at all government levels.
- Despite the diaspora’s successes, millions in Vietnam remain under one-party rule with restricted freedoms, and the anniversary serves to remember lives lost and inspire hopes for a freer Vietnam.
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Little Saigon commemorates 50th anniversary of fall of Saigon with bittersweet ceremony
It was an overcast morning Wednesday in Westminster, much like it was 50 years ago to the day in Saigon, when the South Vietnamese capital fell to communist forces and the last American troops left the city with as many allies as they could evacuate. Doan Hoang Curtis was just a toddler on April 30, 1975, when she was airlifted with her mother from the Defense Attaché Office in Saigon to the U.S.S. Hancock, which was waiting for evacuees in the …
50 years later, the legacy of Black April haunts us
It was on this date, half a century ago, that Saigon fell to the communist North Vietnamese. While it brought an end to a brutal war in which millions of people lost their lives, the Vietnam war left a lasting impact on the millions more who were displaced, traumatized and who have remained under one-party rule of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Indeed, while the horrors of communist regimes often seem like a relic of a time long ago, the people…
(S+) Vietnam: The terror chased them out of the country, the storm drove them into each other's arms
Humiliated, imprisoned, starved: With the fall of Saigon 50 years ago, the Hatz began to dissidents. My and Huan fled – and found each other on the high seas. Here they tell their story for the first time.
Liberation Day or 'Black April' — name battle 50 years after the war
Air shows, parades and flower arrangements. Vietnam on Wednesday noted that it had been 50 years since North Vietnamese forces captured the presidential palace in Saigon and declared victory in the bloody war. But what should the day really be called? Opinions among Vietnamese people diverge.
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