How did the conflict between Vietnamese nationalists and French colonial rulers erupt into a major Cold War struggle between communism and Western liberalism? To understand the course of the Vietnam ...

Vietnam plans to submit a nomination to UNESCO for recognizing French colonial period documents (1858–1954) as World ...

In the 1850s, persecution of French missionaries gave France an excuse to expand their colonial empire into Vietnam. In 1859, French troops destroyed the citadel at Gia Dinh. Skirmishes continued ...

Jacquie Pham's debut novel, “Those Opulent Days,” begins where many thrillers these days begin: with the site of a death, assumed to be a murder. Readers don't know, at first, who died — it ...

Vietnam's internal conflict begins in 1954, when the nation wins freedom from French colonial rule. The resulting treaty, shaped by the U.S. and Soviets, includes a two-year division of Vietnam.

According to a 1956 Commercial Fisheries Review entry for Vietnam, canned sardines were imported from France and its possessions during the colonial period through a preferential trade system, with ...

The Hanoi Opera House, completed in 1911, is an iconic landmark in the heart of Vietnam's capital, celebrated for its elegant ...

For a riveting insight on colonial life in post-World War II Saigon, read Pierre LeMaitre’s The Wide World, the first in an ongoing series about French life at home and abroad. The third in the series ...

From French colonial architecture to tasty street food and chic boutiques, Vietnam's capital will surprise you. Few Asian cities seduce visitors the way Hanoi does. With its romantic blend of "old ...