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America made Vietnam a priority in foreign affairs because of the fear that it falling to communism would threaten other southeast Asian nations of falling to communism. The growing presence of China and the USSR also pushed the US towards war.

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The was conflict between north Vietnam and the South Vietnamese so communist took over and started a war so south vietnamese migrated from vietnamese to other countries and other people got sent to re education camp in vietnam

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Stop communist aggression

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