vietnam war
Throwback Thursday: Spiro Agnew Shanks Golf Balls, the Vice Presidency
In 1971, Vice President Spiro Agnew hit three spectators with errant golf shots during a tournament. It was a symbolic moment for his influential and doomed political career, but not in the way you might think.
A Brief History of Meth
How an experimental asthma remedy became one of the world's most feared drugs.
Is Syria About to Become Iran's Vietnam?
The Iranian government has invested much blood and gold in the effort to prop up the Assad regime, but the conflict could turn out to be a quagmire that the Islamic Republic finds difficult to extricate itself, and its proxies, from.
The Laotians Clearing Their Country of America's Unexploded Bombs
During the so-called "Secret War," the US dropped more than 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos—that's the equivalent to a planeload of bombs every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years.
Joining Cambodia's Underwater Bomb Squad on their First Live Disposal Mission
Unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War still litter Cambodia's countryside. VICE News took a trip on the Mekong River to see a live US explosive being delicately lifted from the murky water.
The US Military Euthanized or Abandoned Thousands of Their Own Canine Soldiers at the End of the Vietnam War
After the war ended, the US military marked their dogs as "expendable surplus equipment," leaving them to the South Vietnamese or euthanizing them.
In Photos: How PTSD Has Afflicted Three Vietnam Veterans and Their Families
When veterans returned from Vietnam four decades ago, the term 'post-traumatic stress disorder' didn't even exist, and many veterans went undiagnosed for years.
From the Fall of Saigon to Fighting the Islamic State, People Find the Bright Side to War
Whether Vietnam 40 years ago or the Middle East today, the desire to focus on a compelling moral cause after long wars can warp history.
In the Jungle with the Montagnards, Vietnam's Persecuted Indigenous Minority
I met with a group preparing to cross the Cambodian border in an attempt to make it to the UN office in Phnom Penh.
Soviet Redux: Vietnam Is Joining Russia's Eurasian Trade Bloc
Ahead of a summit in Hanoi, Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev has promised to supply Vietnamese nuclear plants and encourage joint oil exploration. This affectionate tone is likely to irk the US.
Turns Out Boring Old Lentils Are Surprisingly Radical
During the 1980s farming crisis, a group of renegade Heartland farmers radicalized conventional agriculture with one surprising crop: lentils.
US Weapons and Ex-POWs Are Starting to Turn Up in Vietnam
Led by Senator John McCain, America is preparing to ease its arms embargo on Vietnam. The motivation? Pissing off the neighbors while atoning for past sins.