François Ponchaud, a French Catholic missionary priest whose book "Cambodia: Year Zero" helped draw global attention to the staggering atrocities committed by the radical communist Khmer Rouge in the ...
Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...
Baguettes reached Vietnam via French colonizers in the mid-19 th century but were a luxury due to the price of imported wheat. To save money during World War I, Vietnamese bakers began mixing cheap ...
A French Catholic priest, he wrote a book recounting horrors committed by the Khmer Rouge that were responsible for the deaths of almost two million people.