Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades, and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the ...

HANOI, Sep 1 (Reuters) - As Vietnam celebrates the 80th anniversary of its declaration of independence from colonial rule this week, French cultural influence remains ubiquitous, but not many people ...

May 7, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when Vietnamese troops defeated the French colonial army, ending almost a century of French colonial rule. A commemoration ...

DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, marking the end of ...

Thousands packed the streets of Hanoi Tuesday to watch around 40,000 troops and civilians march in a military parade to mark Vietnam's 80 years of independence from French colonial rule.

More than six decades after the end of French colonial rule, the language once imposed through classrooms and administration ...

Tens of thousands of people gather in Hanoi to celebrate declaration of independence from French colonial rule.

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Schools in Vietnam will begin teaching Lao from 2026 followed by Cambodian, Thai and Indonesian, the Ministry of Education ...

A man cycles past the Government Guest House in Hanoi. Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades and babbling Francophone schoolchildren are lingering ...