What city fell to the Communists on April 30, 1975?
Tran Dinh Truong escape from Vietnam. He let his ships, inclusive the "Truong Xuan" (with Captain Pham Ngoc Luy) carried free more than 3,000 Vietnamese fleeing Saigon after the Communists invasion. Tran left Vietnam on April 30, 1975, the day that Saigon fell to the communists. Tran boarded one of his eleven ships and traveled to the United States with two suitcases of gold. He began his hotel business in New York City, first with the Hotel Opera on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and then Hotel Carter (with low prices, which was deemed the dirtiest hotel in the US in 2009)
1975 Spring Offensive the communists at the time of the cease-fire. In April, Thiệu launched the Svay Rieng Campaign against communist strongholds in eastern Cambodia. This proved to be the last major offensive operation launched by the ARVN. While these operations succeeded, the cost in terms of manpower and resources was high. By the end of the year the military experienced shortages as a result of decreased American aid, while communist forces continued gaining strength. By the end of October the North Vietnamese Politburo decided on its strategy for 1975 and 1976. In what became known as "Resolution of 1975", the party leadership