HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — U.S. officials are not attending the main public event commemorating the end of the Vietnam war in Ho Chi Minh City this week, according to a guest list released by the organizers and seen by NPR.

I wonder why the u.s isn’t joining thinking-about-it

Top of the list, announced at the final rehearsal for the April 30 military parade, are Vietnam’s biggest friends — Laos, Cambodia, Cuba and China.

What a fun list of friends. Bet there’s gonna be some fuckjng great food there

On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese troops stormed the Independence Palace in central Saigon — now known as Ho Chi Minh City — ending the almost 20-year war that caused great losses to both North and South Vietnam, as well as the South’s ally the United States.

What a fun twisting of history. Anyways get fucked America, it’s time to party!

    • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      42·
      18 hours ago

      “Hey were having a party to celebrate that time you were committing atrocities and we kicked your ass for it wanna come?” LOL

      • TheLastHero [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        34·
        18 hours ago

        since the normalization of relations Reunification Day has become more of a “peace and reconciliation” type of deal. The US went to previous ones and then sold Vietnam a bunch of Boeing engines and shit, the diplomatic relationship has been quite warm considering the history.

        This snub is 100% just another Trump own goal that will hopefully push Vietnam back closer to the AES states

        • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          13·
          16 hours ago

          I think Vietnam knows not to trust the west. They are just playing friendly to be the next China and trick the west into helping them build up industrially. They wouldn’t actually turn on the other AES states and side with the west. I’ve had a few vietnamese friends and while theyre friendly to Americans much like the Chinese are they very much know their history, and aren’t about to forget who caused all their past suffering. Not to say that AES states are a monolith either they have their disagreements, but generally speaking theyre united in their anti imperialist stance. Despite putting on a friendly face for western elites.