1965 Saigon bombing

Bombing in which 42 were killed June 2026 March 2025 1965 Saigon bombing the Communist terrorism in Vietnam VA043676 Mỹ Cảnh bombing.jpg Victims of the bombing Saigon River, Saigon, South Vietnam it 10 49 32.36 N 106 43 52.6 E scale:50000_region:VN 25 June 1965 8:15 p.m. UTC+7 Time bomb 31The My Canh Restaurant Bombing http://phulam.com/mycanh.htm Home of the Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Facility January 21, 2011 November 25, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101125043130/http://phulam.com/mycanh.htm dead 80 Viet Cong On 25 June 1965, during the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong exploded two bombs at the Mỹ Cảnh restaurant in Saigon killing 31 people. Bombing The first bomb detonated at 8:15 p.m. (local time) at the Mỹ Cảnh floating restaurant on Bạch Đằng Quay on the bank of the Saigon River. Moments after the first blast, another bomb exploded on the riverbank as the survivors fled the restaurant.https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/education/week_of_june_21A/ Week of June 21—27, 2020:Bombing of the My Canh Restaurant; Saigon, June 25, 1965 United States Department of Defense 21 June 2020 19 March 2025 31 people were killed and 42 were wounded.Willbanks James Vietnam War Almanac: An In-Depth Guide to the Most Controversial Conflict in American History Simon and Schuster 2013 9781626365285 127Kocher Matthew Adam Human Ecology and Civil War http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/seminars/kocher_f06.pdf 18 Chapter III: War in the Hamlets: Human Ecology and the Vietnam War Eight American servicemen were killed in the blast and a further 12 injured. References Saigon Bombing Category:1965 explosions Category:Saigon in the Vietnam War Category:June 1965 in Asia Category:Massacres in the Vietnam War Category:Viet Cong war crimes in the Vietnam War Category:Communist terrorist incidents in Asia Category:Terrorist incidents in Vietnam Category:Attacks on coffeehouses and cafés in Asia Category:Building bombings in Vietnam Category:1960s building bombings Category:20th-century mass murders in Vietnam Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1965 Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1965