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Apr 10, 2018 · The Battle of Hue City occurred with the Tet Offensive, where Marines were surprised by a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) attack during what was supposed to be a cease fire negotiated during a...
1 day ago · (NADS) - Mr. Bui Xuan Cuong, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, and Mr. Vincent Karremans, Deputy Mayor of Rotterdam City, Netherlands, cycled around Nguyen Hue Street and exchanged experiences in responding to climate change results, opening up new opportunities for cooperation between the two cities. June 7,
Apr 8, 2024 · Vietnam Deputy Health Minister noted that the government and the Ministry of Health have chosen Hue Central Hospital for further upgrades to achieve international-class hospital status.
- The Tet Offensive Begins
- The Battle of Hue City: How The Siege Began
- Street by Street, and House by House
- The NVA Counterattack
- Tactical Victory, Strategic Failure
In the fall of 1967, Giap launched a series of big battles near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that had two objectives: draw American forces north, away from the heavily populated coastal and lowland cities, and determine if the Americans would respond with an invasion of the north. A massive buildup of Communist troops and equipment in the south beg...
A wave of premature attacks—possibly launched because North Vietnam’s calendar differed from South Vietnam’s—began shortly after midnight on January 30-31. All five provincial capitals in II Corps and the city of Da Nang in I Corps were attacked. The Vietcong assaults began with mortar and rocket attacks, followed by massed ground assaults by batta...
The Marines launched their advance toward the treasury building, but made slow progress. Each time they tried to advance, they were hit with a withering array of mortar, rocket, machine-gun, and small-arms fire from prepared positions in the buildings to their front. The Marines simply did not have enough men to deal with the entrenched enemy. By t...
On the night of February 6-7, NVA troops counterattacked and forced the ARVN troops to pull back to the airfield. At the same time, the NVA rushed additional reinforcements into the city. Truong responded by redeploying his units, ordering the 3rd ARVN Regiment to move into the Citadel and take up positions around division headquarters. By the even...
On March 2, the battle for Hue, the longest sustained infantry battle of the war to that point, was officially declared over. Losses were high. In 26 days of fighting, the ARVN lost 384 men killed, more than 1,800 wounded, and 30 missing. The U.S. Marines suffered 147 dead and 857 wounded, while U.S. Army units lost 74 dead and 507 wounded. The all...
Hue Central Hospital (HCH), established in 1894, [1] has been the first Western hospital in Vietnam. The hospitals, providing 3939 beds [1] and occupying 190,000 square meters (included Base 2), is one of three biggest in the country along with Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi and Chợ Rẫy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, and is managed by the ...
Honoring the upcoming festival, the president of South Vietnam, Nguyen Van Thieu declared a cease-fire. The capital of the Thua Thien Hue Province and a revered symbol of Vietnam’s past, Hue was treated almost as a free city by both the South Vietnamese government and the Communist Viet Cong guerillas.
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Upon telling the troops that he was Deputy Mayor of Huế and was set to retire in one year (1969), he was ordered to report to a camp for reeducation and to pack clothing and food sufficient for 10 days.
