On this day, 33 years ago, October 23, 1992 (September 28, 1992, the lunar calendar), a "breakthrough" occurred in U.S. -Vietnam relations. On October 23, 1992, U.S. President Bush announced that there had been a "major and real breakthrough" in U.S. -Vietnam relations because Vietnam agreed to provide the United States with full information on American personnel missing during the Vietnam War. Bush said that Vietnam and the United States can begin to look to the future, and the United States will provide assistance to Vietnam's floods and increase humanitarian aid to Vietnam. Vietnam told U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Viese the week before that it would hand over all files related to U.S. missing persons, photos and other relics to the United States. According to reports, this will include more than 4500 photos of U.S. soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.