What Vietnam looks like 50 years after the fall of Saigon: A picture journey
Redding freelance photojournalist Hung T. Vu is in Vietnam for the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the unification of the country under the North's communist government.
The anniversary to the end of the Vietnam War and surrounding events falls on Wednesday, April 30. Follow Vu's journey to his home country in the Record Searchlight/Redding.com.
For his personal essay reflecting on the final days of the war and his dangerous escape by boat from Vietnam to a refugee camp, click here.
This article originally appeared on Redding Record Searchlight: What Saigon looks like since Vietnam War ended: A pictorial reflection
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