In 1954 after the conclusion of the French Indochina War.
The parallel 38° north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. The 38th parallel north has been especially important in the recent history of Korea.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_parallel_north
The nation of North Vietnam (which no longer exists...it's called Vietnam today). The country that the US was allied to, South Vietnam, doesn't exist either...it was consumed by North Vietnam. The official name of SOUTH Vietnam was the "Republic of South Vietnam."
This depends on which north and south are under discussion the north and south of Ireland North Korea and South Korea North Vietnam and South Vietnam the North and South in the American civil war North Dakota and South Dakota .... and many more.
The 38th parallel is the dividing line between North and South Korea.
Like Korea; a north and south Korea divided at the 38th parallel. Only it would be a north and south Vietnam divided at the 17th parallel.
In 1956, it divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into North and South Vietnam. They remained that way until the South Vietnam government surrendered to North Vietnam forces in April, 1975.
Hanoi north of the 17th parallel and Saigon south of it.
The 17th parallel was established on 21 July 1954 as a provisional demarcation line.
Between 1954 and 1975, there were two Vietnams: a North Vietnam and a South Vietnam; divided at the 17th parallel.
North Vietnam WAS located north of the 17th parallel. South VN was south of it.
During the Viet War from '55 thru '75, there were two Vietnams: North Vietnam & South Vietnam; they were divided at the 17th parallel.
At the Geneva Conventions in 1954 Vietnam was divided into two, communist north and democratic south; at the17th parallel.
Divided at the 17th parallel in 54/55.
From 1954 to 1975, Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel. In April, 1975, North Vietnam troops accepted the surrender of South Vietnam from its president, thereby unifying Vietnam into a single country.
No man's land, the "Z" (DMZ=Demilitarized Zone). Korea's "Z" (DMZ) at the 38th parallel still exists, separating Communist North Korea from the republic of South Korea.
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