The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues

How Trump Is Undermining U.S.-Vietnam Postwar Reconciliation

April 30 has been called different things: Liberation Day, Reunification Day, Unity Day, Victory Day. But five decades after the collapse of the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government, it’s less the name of the commemoration and more America’s legacy in Vietnam and future relationship with the Southeast Asian country that is mired in uncertainty. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Over 20 years of fighting, the Vietnam War—or American War, as it’…

The U.S. War in Viet Nam Ended 50 Years Ago. Should Americans Feel Guilty?

Recently in Ha Noi I met with a group of undergraduates from a respected American university who were traveling throughout Viet Nam on a study tour with two faculty members. They were enjoying the sights and sounds, the mountains and beaches, the expanses of emerald rice fields, the teeming cities that make Viet Nam an […] Source

The memory of the war is still amazingly present in Vietnam. American tourists make trips to the tunnels of the Vietcong and the communist government maintains the history of the uprising against the occupiers.

In the war that ended fifty years ago, they used napalm bombs and orange agent, which continue to contaminate the environment and cause health problems.

50 years ago the Vietnam War ended - with a ignominious defeat for the US. What remained of the cruel conflict to which so many films and songs were dedicated? A search for traces.

Half a century after that April 30, 1975, the country continues to fight against the effects of the silent poison spread by the Americans to destroy the vegetation where the Viet Cong were hiding. The US has helped to clear some areas, but the Trump administration's cuts now raise fears that work will be stopped