
01/05/2025
Fifty Years On
This week marks half a century since North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon — a moment celebrated in Hanoi as a defining victory.
Recently, I had the rare privilege of photographing a dozen veterans, now living quietly in the northern capital. Their stories are etched in their faces — weathered, proud, and complex.
But while the government celebrates triumph, the legacy of war lingers in silence. Victims of Agent Orange live largely forgotten, tucked away in so-called "retirement villages," casualties not of battle but of aftermath.
Explore the faces and the legacy of this complicated history:
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