If a US–China war erupted tomorrow, Vietnam would be one of the most strategically important countries in Asia. But Vietnam isn’t choosing sides — it’s playing both, while preparing for a conflict it ...

At 7:53 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 1975, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter ascended from the rooftop of the United States embassy in downtown Saigon carrying ten Marine Security Guards toward the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

April 30 marked the end of a war that was misconceived from the start and was the first in our history that we lost—at great human cost, detriment to our self-confidence, and trust in our government.

Half a century after the fall of Saigon, the reverberations of Vietnam continue to be felt in America’s debates about foreign policy — from the complications of Ukraine to the larger questions about ...

The jokes about the first ship of Trump’s planned new class of naval vessels being called the USS Bone Spurs abound. Herr ...

During the Vietnam War, this soldier survived injuries and situations that should have been fatal. Again and again, he lived ...

To the editor: Guest contributor Viet Thanh Nguyen’s summary of all things wrong with America’s involvement in the Vietnam War is, simply put, the most accurate portrayal of that period from 1954-75 ( ...

US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper has released a year-end message reflecting on 2025, spotlighting significant ...

Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, and some from movies and history books.

Anniversaries are usually times to celebrate—a birth, a marriage, a victory, an extraordinary achievement. But last month’s fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War was not for most ...