The Thanh Hóa Bridge ( Vietnamese : Cầu Hàm Rồng , Hàm Rồng Bridge ) , spanning the Song Ma river , is situated Placing northeast of Thanh Hóa ( ) , the capital of Thanh Hóa Province in Vietnam .

The Vietnamese gave Giving it the nickname Name_conferral Hàm Rồng ( `` Dragon 's Jaw '' ) .

When the North Vietnamese military renewed Recovering their offensive early in 1975 , the RVNAF was handicapped Hindering and many of their aircraft were either lost Earnings_and_losses or captured Conquering as formations of the People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) swept Scrutiny through the Central Highlands of South Vietnam .

Operation Bribie ( 17–18 February 1967 ) , also known as the Battle of Ap My An , was fought Hostile_encounter during the Vietnam War in Phuoc Tuy province between Australian forces from the 6th Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 6 RAR ) and two companies of Viet Cong from D445 Battalion , likely reinforced by North Vietnamese regulars .

During the night of 16 February the Viet Cong attacked Attack a South Vietnamese Regional Force compound at Lang Phuoc Hai , before withdrawing the following morning after heavy fighting with South Vietnamese forces .

During the night of 16 February the Viet Cong attacked Attack a South Vietnamese Regional Force compound at Lang Phuoc Hai , before withdrawing the following morning after heavy fighting with South Vietnamese forces .

During the French Indochina War Military_operation ( 1945–1954 ) , French forces Military_operation attempted to re-establish Recovering colonial control Control of Vietnam , while the Vietnamese guerrilla forces Military_operation , the Việt Minh , led by Ho Chi Minh fought Hostile_encounter for independence .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Saigon was a month-long battle Hostile_encounter between the Vietnamese National Army of the State of Vietnam ( later to become Becoming the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ) and the private army of the Bình Xuyên organised crime syndicate .

The 1975 Spring Offensive ( ) or officially known as The General Offensive and Uprising Attack of the Spring 1975 ( ) was the final North Vietnamese campaign Military_operation in the Vietnam War Hostile_encounter that led to Causation the capitulation Surrendering of South Vietnam .

After the initial success capturing Control Phước Long Province , the North Vietnamese leadership increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the scope of the People 's Army of Vietnam 's ( PAVN ) offensive Attack and captured Control and held the key Central Highlands city of Buôn Ma Thuột between March 10 and 18 .

Following the attack Attack on Buôn Ma Thuôt , the South Vietnamese realized Coming_to_believe they were no longer able to defend Defending the entire country and ordered Arranging a strategic withdrawal Escaping from the Central Highlands .

This situation was exacerbated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by confusing orders Arranging , lack of command Control and control Control , and a well-led and aggressive enemy , which led to Causation the utter rout and destruction Destroying of the bulk of South Vietnamese forces Military_operation in the Central Highlands .

Surprised by the rapidity of the South Vietnamese collapse Conquering , North Vietnam transferred Military_operation the bulk of its northern forces Military_operation more than to the south in order to capture Control the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon in time to celebrate Social_event their late President Ho Chi Minh 's birthday and end Process_end the war .

Surprised by the rapidity of the South Vietnamese collapse Conquering , North Vietnam transferred Military_operation the bulk of its northern forces Military_operation more than to the south in order to capture Control the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon in time to celebrate Social_event their late President Ho Chi Minh 's birthday and end Process_end the war .

South Vietnamese forces regrouped Cause_to_amalgamate around the capital and defended Defending the key transportation hubs at Phan Rang and Xuân Lộc , but a loss Earnings_and_losses of political and military will to continue the fight Hostile_encounter became Becoming ever more manifest .

Under political pressure , South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned Change_of_leadership on 21 April , in hopes that a new leader that was more amenable to the North Vietnamese could reopen Process_start negotiations Communication with them .

Under political pressure , South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned Change_of_leadership on 21 April , in hopes that a new leader that was more amenable to the North Vietnamese could reopen Process_start negotiations Communication with them .

With PAVN spearheads already entering Arriving Saigon , the South Vietnamese government , then under the leadership of Dương Văn Minh , capitulated Surrendering on 30 April 1975 .

The name `` Saomai '' was submitted Submitting_documents by Vietnam , and is from the Vietnamese word for `` morning star '' ( `` sao Mai '' ) , a reference to the planet Venus .

In August 1964 , the United States Navy reported Reporting they were attacked Attack by torpedo boats of the North Vietnamese Navy in what became Becoming known as the Tonkin Gulf Incident Attack .

In response Response to the perceived Know aggression Attack of Communist forces Causation in Southeast Asia , the United States Congress passed Motion_directional the Tonkin Gulf Resolution which enabled Preventing_or_letting U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to deploy Arranging conventional military forces in the region to prevent Preventing_or_letting further attacks Attack by the North Vietnamese .

Immediately after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution Statement was passed Process_end , Johnson ordered Arranging the bombing Attack of North Vietnamese Navy bases in retaliation Revenge for the reported Reporting attacks Attack on U.S. Navy warships between 2 and 4 August 1964 .

This time , with his victory Earnings_and_losses in the 1964 presidential election Change_of_leadership secured , Johnson decided Deciding to launch Process_start Operation Military_operation Flaming Dart which entailed Causation strikes Attack on North Vietnamese military targets Aiming .

The Mỹ Lai Massacre ( ; ) was the Vietnam War mass murder Killing of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in Sơn Tịnh District , South Vietnam , on 16 March 1968 .

In 1975 initial military engagements arose Coming_to_be between communist Vietnam and the Cambodian Khmer Rouge regime , which resulted in Causation the Vietnamese occupation Control of Cambodia for over a decade .

The Vietnamese push to completely destroy the Khmer Rouge unavoidably brought Causation them into open conflict Hostile_encounter with Thailand .

Heavy fighting with many casualties resulted Causation from direct confrontations between Vietnamese and Thai troops .

Firstly , the Republican government wanted to portray the Cambodian revolutionary movement as largely a foreign ( mainly Vietnamese ) transplant and preferred Choosing to gloss over the significance of indigenous leftist activity from 1967 .

Here , farmers illegally sold Commerce_sell much of Cambodia 's rice to Vietnamese Communists across the borders as they paid Commerce_pay more as compared the Cambodian government .

The purpose of `` Steel Tiger '' was to impede Hindering the flow Motion of men and materiel on the enemy logistical routes collectively known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ( the Truong Son Strategic Supply Route to the North Vietnamese ) .

Operation Steel Tiger , Operation Tiger Hound , and Operation Commando Hunt inevitably slowed Change_event_time the flow Motion of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong men and supplies Supply into South Vietnam and required Imposing_obligation them to divert a multitude of assets to keep the Ho Chi Minh Trail in serviceable condition , however airpower was never able to completely close Self_motion the trail during the war Hostile_encounter .

The conflict pitted a range of forces , including the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps , led by France and supported Supporting by Bảo Đại 's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh , led by Hồ Chí Minh and the People 's Army of Vietnam led by Võ Nguyên Giáp .

The Chinese accepted Receiving the Vietnamese government under Hồ Chí Minh , then in power in Hanoi .

French Union forces included Cause_to_be_included colonial troops from the whole former empire ( Moroccan , Algerian , Tunisian , Laotian , Cambodian , and Vietnamese ethnic minorities ) , French professional troops and units of the French Foreign Legion .

During the Vietnam War , Vietnamese and Cambodian communists had formed Coming_to_be an alliance to fight Hostile_encounter U.S.-backed regimes in their respective countries .

Despite their open display of cooperation Collaboration with the Vietnamese , the Khmer Rouge leadership feared that the Vietnamese communists were scheming Arranging to form Coming_to_be an Indochinese federation with Vietnam as the dominant force in the region .

Despite their open display of cooperation Collaboration with the Vietnamese , the Khmer Rouge leadership feared that the Vietnamese communists were scheming Arranging to form Coming_to_be an Indochinese federation with Vietnam as the dominant force in the region .

In order to preempt an attempt by the Vietnamese to dominate them , the Khmer Rouge leadership began Process_start purging Removing Vietnamese-trained personnel within their own ranks as the Lon Nol regime capitulated Surrendering in 1975 .

Then , in May 1975 , the newly formed Coming_to_be Democratic Kampuchea , dominated Control by the Khmer Rouge , began Process_start attacking Attack Vietnam , beginning Process_start with an attack Attack on the Vietnamese island of Phú Quốc .

However , behind the scenes , Kampuchean leaders continued to fear what they perceived Coming_to_believe as Vietnamese expansionism .

In January 1978 the Vietnamese military withdrew Escaping because their political objectives had not been achieved Achieve ; the Khmer Rouge remained Temporary_stay unwilling to negotiate Communication seriously .

By the end of 1978 , Vietnamese leaders decided Deciding to remove Removing the Khmer Rouge-dominated regime of Democratic Kampuchea , perceiving Coming_to_believe it as being pro-Chinese and hostile towards Vietnam .

On 25 December 1978 , 150,000 Vietnamese troops invaded Attack Democratic Kampuchea and overran Destroying the Kampuchean Revolutionary Army in just two weeks , thereby ending Process_end the excesses of Pol Pot 's regime , which had been responsible for the deaths Death of almost a quarter of all Cambodians between 1975 and December 1978 .

Vietnamese military intervention Participation and the occupying forces ' subsequent allowing Preventing_or_letting in of international food aid Assistance to mitigate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the massive famine is viewed Perception_active as ending Process_end the Cambodian genocide .

On 8 January 1979 the pro-Vietnamese People 's Republic of Kampuchea ( PRK ) was established Creating in Phnom Penh , marking Recording the beginning Process_start of a ten-year Vietnamese occupation Control .

During that period , the Khmer Rouge 's Democratic Kampuchea continued to be recognised Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the United Nations as the legitimate Legality government of Kampuchea , as several armed resistance groups were formed Coming_to_be to fight Hostile_encounter the Vietnamese occupation Control .

Under diplomatic and economic pressure from the international community , the Vietnamese government implemented Action a series of economic and foreign policy reforms Reforming_a_system , which led to their withdrawal Escaping from Kampuchea in September 1989 .

Cambodia 's pathway to peace proved to be difficult , as Khmer Rouge leaders decided Deciding not to participate Participation in the general elections Change_of_leadership , but instead they chose Choosing to disrupt Hindering the electoral process by launching Motion military attacks Attack on UN peacekeepers and killing Killing ethnic Vietnamese migrants .

Republican politicians suggested Convincing amending Change the law to permit Agree_or_refuse_to_act longer-term detention Arrest of deportable criminals Committing_crime and to deny Agree_or_refuse_to_act visas to citizens of countries which failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to issue a travel document to any person ordered deported from the United States , and in 2017 , the Vietnamese and U.S. governments formed Creating a working group to discuss deportation issues Resolve_problem .

Operation Camargue was one of the largest operations Military_operation by the French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Vietnamese National Army in the First Indochina War .