North Vietnam’s first major tank battle overran a Special Forces outpost

In February 1968, American forces in Vietnam were still reeling from the sudden onslaught of the Tet Offensive. The January surprise attack by the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong saw strategic but ...
The Fayetteville Observer

Jack Britt teens help spotlight Special Forces and its Indigenous allies in Vietnam

High school students curated a temporary exhibit, "Warrior Bonds: U.S. Army Special Forces & Montagnards in Vietnam," at a Fayetteville museum. The exhibit showcases student research on the ...
Cfr.org

Deployment of Combat Forces to Vietnam

On March 8, 1965, 3,500 Marines from the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrived in Da Nang, South Vietnam. Their mission was to protect a U.S. air base from attacks by the self-proclaimed National ...
The Economist

Will the armed forces hold up Vietnam’s big reforms?

Acasual observer might expect the big five-yearly meetings held by Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party to be all show and no substance. After all, China—Vietnam’s communist neighbour to the north—holds ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Vietnam Opens Fund for Public Donations to Support Armed Forces

Vietnam’s government is establishing a fund to receive and manage donations to support the military and its diplomatic activities, a rare move announced just days after the nation held a grand parade ...