No, the country was reunited in 1976 after the Vietnam War ended. The capitol is Hanoi, and the largest city is Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon.
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam.
The final city that fell to the North Vietnamese Army was Saigon.
Saigon was the capital of the Republic of Vietnam, or "South Vietnam." It is now Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi was the capital of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or "North Vietnam." It is now the capital of the whole nation.
The big cities of SOUTH Vietnam never seen "much" fighting; other than the TET Offensive in 1968. During this offensive, the cities of Hue (pronounced WAY) and Saigon saw a lot of fighting. In particular, the city of Hue, because it was the closest to North Vietnam, it's just below the DMZ (17th parallel). Smaller towns (villages) were either wiped out or relocated and turned into "Free Fire Zones."
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The capital of South Vietnam before the Vietnam War is Saigon. It is still used today, but Ho Chi Minh City is more common these days.
No, the country was reunited in 1976 after the Vietnam War ended. The capitol is Hanoi, and the largest city is Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon.
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Hanoi is the seat of government, or capitol of Vietnam. In the North, Hai Phong is the major port city. Hanoi is located on a river which connects to Hai Phong. The major port city in the South of Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) / Cam Ranh Bay.
Raleigh is the capital city of North Carolina.
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Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam.
became Communist and reunited with North Vietnam
No they did not. after suffering a numerous amount of casualties, Nixon decided to pull the US gradually out of the war with a process called Vietnamization. That was a process that basically gave the war back to South Vietnam. Unfortunately, after we left, North Vietnam (the communist force), invaded their capitol, Saigon which they renamed Ho Chi Minh city (the communist leader) and reunited South and North Vietnam under communism.
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