Vietnam makes 40th anniversary of communist victory

The city once known as Saigon was festooned in red banners that read “Long Live the Glorious Party of Vietnam,” 40 years after communist forces seized control of the country.

The US walked away from a divisive and bloody war in which some 58,000 Americans were killed, along with up to 250,000 South Vietnamese allies and an estimated 3 million communist fighters and civilians.