1965 Saigon bombing

1965 Saigon bombing
Damage to entrance to the My Canh floating restaurant
Location	Saigon River, Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates	10°49′32.36″N106°43′52.6″E / 10.8256556°N 106.731278°E / 10.8256556; 106.731278
Date	June 25, 1965 8:15 p.m. (UTC+7)
Attack type	Time bomb
Deaths	42 [1]
Injured	80 [1]
Perpetrators	Viet Cong

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

1. "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.
2. Kocher, Matthew Adam. "Chapter III: War in the Hamlets: Human Ecology and the Vietnam War". Human Ecology and Civil War (PDF). p. 18.
3. "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.