Today in Vietnam History (Part 3)
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Historical Events
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1980-07-23 - Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6
1980-12-18 - Vietnam adopts constitution
1981-06-06 - Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial
1982-03-26 - Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1982-11-10 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened
1982-11-13 - Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC
1984-04-11 - Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984-11-09 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed
1987-01-09 - Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
1987-08-01 - Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America
1988-01-21 - US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
1989-09-26 - Last Vietnamese soldiers leave Cambodia
1989-12-29 - Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
1990-09-25 - Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience
1990-09-29 - US Sect of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister
1992-04-15 - The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1994-02-03 - Pres Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1997-05-09 - 1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
1997-09-03 - A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
1997-11-02 - Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam
2000-11-16 - Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
2002-10-29 - Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store with 1500 people shopping. Over 60 people died and over 100 are missing. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
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