Relations between Vietnam and China have been extensive for millennia, with Northern Vietnam especially under heavy Sinosphere influence during historical times. Despite their Sinospheric and socialis
Ming conquest of Vietnam in 1406–1407
Postage stamp of Ho Chi Minh with Mao Zedong and Georgy Malenkov in 1954.
Vietnamese general secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng with Chinese general secretary Xi Jinping in November 2022
General secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and General secretary Xi Jinping in December 2023
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 102 millio
Capture of Saigon by Charles Rigault de Genouilly on 18 February 1859
The Grand Palais built for the 1902–1903 world's fair, when Hanoi became French Indochina's capital
Three US Fairchild UC-123B aircraft spraying Agent Orange during the Operation Ranch Hand as part of a herbicidal warfare operation depriving the food and vegetation cover of the Việt Cộng, c. 1962–1971
Natural attractions in Vietnam, clockwise from top: Hạ Long Bay, Yên River, and Bản-Giốc Waterfalls