Evidence of official deception concerning US involvement in Vietnam is published in the New York Times as the Pentagon Papers

The Paris Peace Accords end the US combat role in Vietnam, with nothing achieved and millions dead

The last US troops leave Vietnam, ending American involvement in a continuing war between the north and south of the country

The South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, is taken by North Vietnamese forces

South Vietnam surrenders, as President Duong Van Minh broadcasts an order to all South Viernames forces to lay down their arms

Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge

A deadly new form of pneumonia, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is first reported in Hanoi and soon spreads globally

A sudden violent outbreak of Vietnamese resentment of China, over a territorial dispute, causes China to evacuate thousands of its citizens