They were divided along the 17th Parallel, with a one-mile DMZ between them.
East and West Germany; North and South Korea; North and South Vietnam.
North Vietnam north of the Z, and South Vietnam south of the Z.
During the Viet War from '55 thru '75, there were two Vietnams: North Vietnam & South Vietnam; they were divided at the 17th parallel.
North Korea and south Korea and also North and South Vietnam
It no longer is. The conclusion of the Vietnam War saw the North and the South rejoin into one country.
The capitol for South Vietnam was Saigon, and the capital of North Vietnam was Hanoi.
17th. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/South+Vietnam
Korea and Vietnam and sudan
Vietnam was divided into north and south at the 17th parallel by the Geneva Accords of 1954.
President Eisenhower did not allow an election.
The "Vietcong" lead by Ho Chi Minh were the leaders of North Vietnam during the war and they were communist. Vietnam was divided into the North and the South before the war, they were basically two separate countries, but the Vietcong aimed to take over the South and turn it communist. The Americans were allies of the South as they hated communism and wanted to stamp it out.
They wanted the south.