1965 Saigon bombing
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Vietnamese. Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
| 1965 Saigon bombing | |
|---|---|
 Damage to entrance to the My Canh floating restaurant | |
| Location | Saigon River, Saigon, South Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 10°49′32.36″N 106°43′52.6″E / 10.8256556°N 106.731278°E |
| Date | 25 June 1965 8:15 p.m. (UTC+7) |
Attack type | Time bomb |
| Deaths | 31[1] |
| Injured | 80[1] |
| Perpetrators | Viet Cong |
| History of Ho Chi Minh City |
|---|
 |
| Metro • Names (district names) • Organised crime |
 Vietnam portal |
On 25 June 1965, during the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong exploded two bombs in Saigon killing 31 people.[1]
Bombing
[edit]The first bomb detonated at 8:15 p.m. (local time) in a floating restaurant "My Canh Café" at 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.[1][2]
31 people were killed and 42 were wounded.[3][4] Eight American servicemen were killed in the blast and a further 12 injured.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "The My Canh Restaurant Bombing". Home of the Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Facility. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Week of June 21—27, 2020:Bombing of the My Canh Restaurant; Saigon, June 25, 1965". United States Department of Defense. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Willbanks, James (2013). Vietnam War Almanac: An In-Depth Guide to the Most Controversial Conflict in American History. Simon and Schuster. p. 127. ISBN 9781626365285.
- ^ Kocher, Matthew Adam. "Chapter III: War in the Hamlets: Human Ecology and the Vietnam War". Human Ecology and Civil War (PDF). p. 18.
Categories:
- 1965 in South Vietnam
- Explosions in 1965
- Saigon in the Vietnam War
- June 1965 in Asia
- Massacres in the Vietnam War
- Vietnam War crimes by the Viet Cong
- Communist terrorist incidents in Asia
- Terrorist incidents in Vietnam
- Attacks on coffeehouses and cafés in Asia
- Building bombings in Vietnam
- 1960s building bombings
- 20th-century mass murder in Vietnam
- Attacks on buildings and structures in 1965