North Vietnam was controlled by communists.
North was the communists the souyh capitalists.
They controlled North Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and probably controlled the their ally, the VC.
When France left Vietnam in 1954 part of the country was controlled by the communists, and part was democratically controlled. The Communist controlled are became North Vietnam, and the Democratic area became South Vietnam.
The creation of the communist backed country of North Vietnam AND it's intentions of conquering it's southern neighbor.
Communist North Vietnam, with help from the Chinese, was trying to take over democratically controlled South Vietnam.
North Vietnam was a Communist or socialist government, and South Vietnam was a democracy - although not without a level of corruption that was extreme at times.
North Vietnam was controlled by communists - APEX
They were the resistance element within South Vietnam and were largely controlled by the Communist North Vietnamese.
Not sure how they were different but I do know that the US supported the south because we basically wanted to stop the spread of communism. The north was controlled by communists and we didn't want to south likewise
The primary ones that caused the most heartburn were East Germany, North Korea, and North Vietnam.
There no longer is a North Vietnam, North Vietnam and South Vietnam were joined together after the Vietnam War.