Unearthing the Vietnamese city that the English author knew and described in The Quiet American, which turns 70 this year.

Rooted in the aftermath of World War II and the First Indochina War (1946–1954), Vietnam was divided into communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam after the Geneva Accords in 1954.

political cadres and communist sympathizers who had battled the French during the First Indochina War). Their relocation was part of a political bargain, a temporary arrangement until nationwide ...

apartments and a post office – abandoned by the ruling elite during the First Indochina War in the 1940s. The derelict Black Palace.Credit: iStock Left razed and ransacked, wealthy Khmers gave ...

After talks collapsed in 1946, the First Indochina War started, and during the eight-year war, communist China supported the Viet Minh, while the United States aided the French and anti-communist ...

In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces; it would be the last major battle of the First Indochina War. In 1975 ...

When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S. combat troops to South ... For the people of Vietnam, it would be their second Indochina war, coming eleven years after the Viet Minh ...

Over a 70-year career, Huynh Phuong Dong received numerous honours, including the State Award for Literature and Arts in 2007 ...

In August 1945, he declared independence in Hanoi. The French responded by reinvading their “lost” colony in November 1946, starting the First Indochina War. The Vietminh used guerrilla tactics, ...