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Graves of North Vietnamese killed in the war in Da Nang, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the c...

Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, left, whose father was exposed to Agent Orange, and Matthew Keenan, a U.S. veteran of the Vietnam War, in Da Nang, Vietnam, in Mar...

A child plays on Red Beach in Da Nang, Vietnam, in March 2025. This is where the first American troops in Vietnam landed. (Hannah Reyes Morales/The N...

Beachfront development in Da Nang, Vietnam, in March 2025. Globalization and capitalism have lifted Vietnam to new heights. But there are pitfalls too...

Vietnamese troops at Bien Hoa Air Base in Dong Nai province rehearse in March 2025 for an upcoming military parade to commemorate the 50th anniversary...

Members of a military band take a break while rehearsing at Bien Hoa Air Base in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since...

A nightclub in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the country's 100 million peo...

A residential and commercial street in the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. Today's Vietnam, above all, wants to work and earn. (Hannah Reyes...

A woman records video while selling coats at a shop in Hanoi, Vietnam in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of t...

A merchant outside her shop in Hanoi in March 2025. Globalization and capitalism have lifted Vietnam to new heights, but complaints about inequality,...

Tourists record video of an approaching train at the Indochina Station Cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam, in March 2025. Vietnam's economic approach favors big f...

A factory worker with her child in her dormitory in Bac Giang, an industrial hub in Vietnam, in March 2025. Outside Hanoi, past bridges that American...

A cyber cafe in Bac Giang, an industrial hub in Vietnam, in March 2025. A family-friendly suburb this is not. Nor is it as orderly as China's industri...

Retired Capt. Vu Dang Toan, who commanded the first tank to smash through the main gate of Saigon's Independence Palace fifty years go, at his home no...

Shanty homes against a backdrop of luxury skyscrapers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam...

A baptism at Ky Dong Catholic Church in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietman, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the c...

A seminar at a Buddhist temple in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. Optimistic but occasionally unmoored: that is how a lot of Vietnam's young...

Backstage at a festival celebrating traditional dress in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. Many young Vietnamese are reacing out not just for...

A boat on a river near Can Tho, in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the country's...

A young girl watches as kites are flown overhead in a field adjacent to skyscrapers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years...

Le Hoang Phuc, 25, who recently took over his family farm in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, with one of his beehives in March 2025. He worries that climate c...

Phan Duong Hung Tam plays with a dog outside one of his factories in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, in March 2025. His factories have been making dresses...

The artist Ngo Dinh Bao Chau, who exhibits with Galerie Quynh, at her studio in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. She says Vietnam needs "an e...

Students at Tan Phu Secondary School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. The most ambitious students there hope to study overseas. (Hannah Re...

A garment factory in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the country's 100 mill...

A rehearsal at the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the...

A family visits the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in March 2025. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of th...