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The Tết ceasefire began on 29 January, but was cancelled on 30 January after the VC/People's Army of Vietnam prematurely launched attacks in II Corps and II Field Force, Vietnam commander, Lieutenant general Frederick C. Weyand deployed his forces to defend Saigon. [1]: 323–4
The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. This decisive event led to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the evacuation of thousands of U.S. personnel and South Vietnamese civilians, and marked the end of the Vietnam War .
A Night Full of Rain (Italian: La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia, lit. 'The End of the World in Our Usual Bed on a Night Full of Rain') is a 1978 romantic drama film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller , starring Giancarlo Giannini and Candice Bergen . [ 1 ]
The film opens in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War. John Converse, a disillusioned war correspondent, approaches Ray Hicks, a merchant marine sailor and acquaintance of Converse from the U.S., for help in smuggling a large quantity of heroin from Vietnam to San Francisco, where he will exchange the drugs for payment with Converse's wife Marge, who has become addicted to Dilaudid.
The Rain at Night is a 1979 South Korean film directed by Park Chul-soo. At the 1980 Baeksang Arts Awards , Park was given a New Talent award for directing this film. [ 1 ] The film is based on Park Bum-shin 's 1975 novel of the same title.
Vietnam's capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters flooded streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country's north, killing at least 152 ...
Oh, Saigon: Doan Hoàng: Documentary: Cú và chim se sẻ (Owl and the Sparrow) Stephane Gauger: Phạm Thị Hân, Cát Ly, Lê Thế Lữ: Feature Film: Saigon Eclipse: Othello Khanh: Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Dustin Nguyễn, Marjolaine Bùi: Drama: Two versions: A Vietnamese and an English version were produced (Not dubbed) Night in Abandoned ...
The booklet included a map of Saigon pinpointing "assembly areas where a helicopter will pick you up." There was an insert page which read: "Note evacuational signal. Do not disclose to other personnel. When the evacuation is ordered, the code will be read out on Armed Forces Radio. The code is: The temperature in Saigon is 105 degrees and rising.