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I skipped the big cities for Vietnam’s charming less-visited waterways

The basket boats of Ke Ga’s fishermen and the floating markets on the Mekong Delta are among the many attractions to discover.

  • Belinda Jackson

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Vietnamese American Amanda Nguyen.

There’s a reason some Vietnamese restaurants fly a yellow flag, others a red

Duality lives in the bones of my generation divided by conflict: in the way elders hoard plastic bags like wartime rations, in the hesitation when hearing a northern accent.

  • Jenny Tran
Vietnamese female police officers march during a parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City.
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World in pictures this week, May 1, 2025

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors

Dinh Nguyen escaped from Vietnam after more than six years in a “re-education camp” after the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.

When Saigon fell, Dinh Nguyen was condemned to torment beyond imagining

Dinh Nguyen has lived through pain and loss inconceivable to most of us. But on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, he says he lives in heaven now.

  • Tony Wright
The last three staffers in The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau, reporters Matt Franjola, left, Peter Arnett, rear, and George Esper, second from right, are joined by two North Vietnamese soldiers and a member of the Viet Cong on the day the government of South Vietnam surrendered, April 30, 1975. One of the soldiers is showing Esper the route of his final advance into the city.

How a can of Coke and day-old cake led to iconic photo that went around the world

Peter Arnett and his colleagues had watched the last of the US Marines flee in a helicopter. Then they heard a telltale squeak in the stairs outside their office.

  • David Rising and Valerie Komor
The end of the Vietnam War seared itself into the memories of those who witnessed it.
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Saigon Falls - 50 years on

The end of the Vietnam War seared itself into the memories of those who witnessed it.

  • Kate Geraghty
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The fall of Saigon saw hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees make Australia their home.

The hunted and haunted outcasts who changed their new country forever

They endured war, risked death and faced down pirates. And 50 years after they began to arrive in Australia, they have left a profound mark on their new home.

  • Kate Geraghty and Michael Ruffles
A photo from Stan Middleton’s meticulous archive, supplied by fellow Vietnam veteran Barry Burgess.

How a friendly footy match in Vietnam continued an Anzac tradition that started 50 years ago

Little did the Vietnam Swans know that they were playing their annual Anzac Day match on the same field where Australian soldiers had played footy decades earlier in the midst of war.

  • Alexander Darling
RAAF Captain John Fanderlinden.

The untold story of the last Australian plane out of Saigon

On the 50th anniversary of an Anzac Day like no other, the last Australian air force pilot to leave Vietnam speaks for the first time.

  • Michael Ruffles and Kate Geraghty
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow has defended its military ties with Jakarta but has not denied claims that it sought access to an air base in West Papua, Indonesia.

Did we back the wrong war in the ’60s? Now Putin’s Russia is knocking on the door

Instead of backing West Papuan nationhood 60 years ago, Australia joined the US in suppressing Vietnam’s. Are national security chickens coming home to roost?

  • Ben Bohane

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