153 notable events in Vietnam — wars, massacres and air crashes. Page 1 of 2.
- My Lai massacre
Mar 16, 1968 · Massacre
- Tet Offensive
Jan 30, 1968–Sep 23, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- Gulf of Tonkin incident
Aug 2, 1964–Aug 4, 1964 · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt
Jan 25, 2025 · Murder & homicide
- Strategic bombing during World War II
Sep 1, 1939–Sep 2, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Huế
Jan 30, 1968–Mar 3, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- Operation Rolling Thunder
Mar 2, 1965–Nov 2, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- Massacre at Huế
until Feb 28, 1968 · Massacre
- Hỏa Lò Prison
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Operation Linebacker II
Dec 18, 1972–Dec 29, 1972 · War & armed conflict
- Operation Babylift
Apr 4, 1975 · War & armed conflict
- Buddhist crisis
May 7, 1963–Nov 2, 1963 · Scandal & controversy
- 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état
Nov 1, 1963 · War & armed conflict
- Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
Nov 2, 1963 · Murder & homicide
- August Revolution
Aug 16, 1945–Aug 30, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
Mar 9, 1945–May 15, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- French conquest of Vietnam
Sep 1, 1858–Jun 9, 1885 · War & armed conflict
- Japanese battleship Asahi
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Rape during the Vietnam War
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Buddhist Uprising
Mar 26, 1966–Jun 8, 1966 · War & armed conflict
- Tây Sơn dynasty
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Ba Chúc massacre
Apr 18, 1978–Apr 30, 1978 · Massacre
- Varnado Simpson
Mar 16, 1968 · Massacre
- Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945
date unknown · Natural disaster
- Đắk Sơn massacre
Dec 5, 1967 · Massacre
- Kashmir Princess
Apr 11, 1955 · Aviation accident
- 1975 Tan Son Nhut Lockheed C-5 crash
Apr 4, 1975 · Aviation accident
- Vietnam Airlines Flight 474
Nov 14, 1992 · Aviation accident
- Embassy of the United States, Saigon
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- 1893 Franco-Siamese crisis
Jul 13, 1893–Oct 3, 1893 · War & armed conflict
- Rōmusha
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
Jun 15, 1972 · Aviation accident
- Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre
Feb 12, 1968 · Massacre
- Mỹ Trạch massacre
Nov 29, 1947 · Massacre
- Vietnam War body count controversy
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Phú Quốc Prison
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Haiphong incident
Nov 23, 1946 · War & armed conflict
- Melbourne–Evans collision
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Attack on USNS Card
May 2, 1964 · Attack (other)
- 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown
May 12, 1968 · Aviation accident
- Vạn Thịnh Phát fraud case
Oct 8, 2022 · Crime & justice
- Tây Sơn wars
Aug 1, 1771–Jul 22, 1802 · War & armed conflict
- Hà My massacre
Feb 25, 1968 · Massacre
- Japanese cruiser Kashii
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Huế Phật Đản shootings
May 8, 1963 · Massacre
- New Year's Day battle of 1968
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 2, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- USS Kitty Hawk riot
Oct 13, 1972 · Riot & unrest
- Persecution of the Montagnard in Vietnam
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Yên Bái mutiny
Feb 10, 1930 · War & armed conflict
- Lam Sơn uprising
1418–1427 · War & armed conflict
- Archie E. Mitchell
May 30, 1962 · War & armed conflict
- 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing
Dec 24, 1964 · Bombing & explosion
- Tet Offensive attack on the United States embassy
Jan 31, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- Air Vietnam Flight 706
Sep 15, 1974 · Aviation accident
- South China Sea raid
Jan 20, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Cần Vương movement
Jul 2, 1885 · War & armed conflict
- Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre
Feb 12, 1966–Mar 17, 1966 · Massacre
- Operation Market Time
Feb 16, 1965 · War & armed conflict
- Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff
Jul 16, 2014 · Crisis
- 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
Nov 11, 1960 · War & armed conflict
- 2025 Northern Vietnam floods
2025 · Natural disaster
- 2023 Đắk Lắk attacks
Jun 11, 2023 · Attack (other)
- Attack on Camp Holloway
Feb 7, 1965 · War & armed conflict
- Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets
1930 · War & armed conflict
- Bình Hòa massacre
Dec 3, 1966–Dec 6, 1966 · Massacre
- Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
Aug 21, 1963 · War & armed conflict
- Sơn Thắng massacre
Feb 19, 1970 · War & armed conflict
- 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
Feb 27, 1962 · War & armed conflict
- Eleanor Ardel Vietti
May 30, 1962 · War & armed conflict
- Pan Am Flight 841
Jul 2, 1972 · Aviation accident
- Capsizing of the Wonder Sea
Jul 19, 2025 · Maritime disaster
- Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Apr 28, 1975 · War & armed conflict
- January 1964 South Vietnamese coup
Jan 30, 1964 · War & armed conflict
- Nui Dat
date unknown · Massacre
- 1966 Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 crash
Dec 24, 1966 · Aviation accident
- Thai Binh massacre
date unknown · Massacre
- Cam Ne incident
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- 1965 South Vietnamese coup
Feb 19, 1965–Feb 20, 1965 · War & armed conflict
- Shelling of Highway 1
May 2, 1972 · War & armed conflict
- 1965 Saigon bombing
Jun 25, 1965 · Bombing & explosion
- Three Su-27 crash near Cam Ranh
Dec 12, 1995 · Aviation accident
- Battle of Cửa Việt
Jan 25, 1973–Jan 31, 1973 · War & armed conflict
- Lê Văn Khôi revolt
1833–1835 · Riot & unrest
- Thạnh Mỹ massacre
Jun 11, 1970 · Massacre
- Tong Chup massacre
Mar 9, 1979 · Massacre
- Châu Đốc massacre
Jul 11, 1957 · Massacre
- Sơn Trà massacre
Jun 28, 1968 · Massacre
- 2020 Central Vietnam floods
Oct 5, 2020 · Natural disaster
- Bombardment of Qui Nhơn
Jul 31, 1861 · War & armed conflict
- Operation Sea Dragon (Vietnam War)
from 1966 · War & armed conflict
- VMM-162
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Thái Nguyên
Aug 25, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Thái Nguyên uprising
1917 · War & armed conflict
- 2025 Central Vietnam floods
from Oct 16, 2025 · Natural disaster
- 2016 Vietnam marine life disaster
Jul 1, 2016 · Scandal & controversy
- Cambodian Uprising (1840–1841)
1840 · War & armed conflict
- Việt Á scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Tho Chu Island massacre
May 10, 1975 · Massacre
- 1959 Biên Hòa compound raid
Jul 8, 1959 · War & armed conflict
- 2017 Hanoi hostage crisis
Apr 15, 2017 · Riot & unrest