1965 Saigon bombing

Bombing in which 42 were killed

10°49′32.36″N 106°43′52.6″E / 10.8256556°N 106.731278°E / 10.8256556; 106.731278DateJune 25, 1965
8:15 p.m. (UTC+7)

Attack type

Time bombDeaths42^[1]Injured80^[1]PerpetratorsViet Cong

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Attack on USNS Card (2 May 1964)
1964 Brinks Hotel bombing (24 December 1964)
1965 United States embassy bombing (30 March 1965)
1965 Saigon bombing (25 June 1965)
Operation Jackstay (26 March – 6 April 1966)
Operation Fairfax (November 1966 - 15 December 1967)
Viet Cong attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (4–5 December 1966)
Tet offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack (31 January-11 February 1968)
Tet offensive attack on Joint General Staff Compound (31 January-1 February 1968)
Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (31 January 1968)
Tet offensive attack on US Embassy (31 January 1968)
Battle of West Saigon (5–12 May 1968)
Battle of South Saigon (7–12 May 1968)
Hijacking of Pan Am Flight 841 (2 July 1972)
Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base (28 April 1975)
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On June 25, 1965, during the Vietnam War, a series of two bombings by the Viet Cong took place in Saigon killing 42 people in the explosions.^[1]

My Canh Café

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. 31–32 people were killed, and 42 were wounded.^[2]^[3] Of the casualties, 13 were American and most others were Vietnamese citizens.^[3]

Second bombing

At the same time as the first blast, another bomb exploded next to a tobacco stall on the bank of the river near the floating restaurant.^[1] The blast killed at least one American woman.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The My Canh Restaurant Bombing". Home of the Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Facility. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
^ Kocher, Matthew Adam. "Chapter III: War in the Hamlets: Human Ecology and the Vietnam War". Human Ecology and Civil War (PDF). p. 18.
^ ^a ^b "A Sailor Responds to the Bombing of the My Canh Café: 26 June 1965". Naval History Blog. Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy. June 26, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2011.