Per Wiki...
“The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 2] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.”
No author was listed in The Mirror article, but I bet money...the Vietnam War started before the Mirror writer was even born.
"'Cause I Know That's The *Popular* Version Of What Went On There....."