Those Opulent Days” is a historical novel set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, when it was part of colonial French Indochina ...

which was in a section of French Indochina named Annam by the colonizers. Duy, Phong and Minh are all Annamites — with Duy ...

The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, ...

The French colonization of Vietnam remains one of the most harrowing chapters in the legacy of European imperialism, leaving ...

For three years, the French have been fighting a weary, tenacious jungle war against the Communists in Indo-China. To save France’s richest prewar colony (and a potentially important anti ...

Last week the Communist high command, facing defeat in Korea, struck a major counterblow in Indo-China. Within a few days, the Communists forced the French to abandon a whole line of forts and ...

When the idea of liberation springs to mind, I imagine an older Aunty, having migrated to the U.S. decades ago, perched on ...

During French rule of the country, Hanoi became the capital of French Indochina primarily because of its proximity to southern China, but Hanoi was not spared during the Vietnam War. The United States ...

At the time, Vietnam was a French colony called Indochina, which it remained until 1954. The meal proved to be popular among colonists, often eaten in tomato sauce. The meal also became a hit among ...

(Atlantic Monthly Press via AP) It’s not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina was occupied and exploited by French colonizers.