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Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · USA LEFT · VNM RIGHT

1. 1968 CE

   Tet Offensive

   A coordinated communist surprise offensive across South Vietnam, though costly militarily, undermines American public support and shifts the war toward U.S. withdrawal.

   War & Rupture · from the Vietnam chronicle · The Wars: Independence, Division, and Reunification · REFS 1 — Vietnam War

2. 1995 CE

   Normalization with the U.S. and ASEAN membership

   Vietnam restores diplomatic relations with the United States and joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ending decades of isolation.

   Politics & Power · from the Vietnam chronicle · Doi Moi Reforms and Modern Vietnam · REFS 1 — Vietnam