Vietnam War History 1945 to 1975> http://vietnam.vassar.edu/overview.html
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The
Wall http://thewall-usa.com
With the addition of four names added in 2006 the total is now 58,253 names listed on the
Memorial. Approximately 1200 of these are listed as missing (MIA's, POW's, and others).The
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall USA website is dedicated to honoring those who died in the
Vietnam War. Since it first went on line in 1996 it has evolved into something more. It is
now also a place of healing for those affected by one of the most divisive wars in our
nation's history. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.
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April 30, 1975 The communists take
Saigon bringing the vietnam war to an end.
Vietnam is officially reunified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on 2 July 1976. Saigon
is renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
The VWP changes its name to the Vietnam Communist Party.
1995 - On 11 July US President Bill Clinton announces the formal resumption of diplomatic
relations between Vietnam and the US. The same month Vietnam gains membership of the
Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN).
2000 - President Clinton visits Vietnam. He is the first US president to visit the country
since the end of the war.
2005 - According to the Human Rights Watch World Report 2005, "Human rights
conditions in Vietnam, already dismal, worsened in 2004. The government tolerates
little public criticism of the Communist Party or statements calling for pluralism,
democracy, or a free press. Dissidents are harassed, isolated, placed under house arrest,
and in many cases, charged with crimes and imprisoned. Among those singled out are
prominent intellectuals, writers, and former Communist Party stalwarts.
"The government continues to brand all unauthorized religious activities -
particularly those that it fears may be able to attract a large following - as potentially
subversive. Targeted in particular are members of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
and ethnic minority Protestants in the northern and central highlands."
Meanwhile Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai visits the US at the end of June. He is
the first Vietnamese communist leader to travel to the US since the end of the Vietnam
war. He meets with US President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld on
21 June.
Nov 10, 2006 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Intel Corp., the world's largest
computer chipmaker, announced that it will triple its initial $300 million investment in
Vietnam. The US is now Vietnam's biggest trading partner, with
trade worth US$6.4 billion being conducted during 2004, mostly in the form of Vietnamese
exports to the US.
Following his meeting with the Vietnamese prime minister, President Bush announces that he
will travel to Vietnam in 2006 to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit
being held in Hanoi.
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