North was the communists the souyh capitalists.
to keep north Vietnam from taking over south Vietnam....
North Vietnam threatened South Vietnam. I.S.
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.
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
They were the resistance element within South Vietnam and were largely controlled by the Communist North Vietnamese.
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.
the north won and the south loss
There IS no North and South Vietnam, only Vietnam. After the US withdrew combat forces from South Vietnam, North Vietnam violated the peace agreement, invaded and conquered South Vietnam. Game over.
North Vietnam WAS located north of the 17th parallel. South VN was south of it.
The North were the communists. The South was the free republic (of South Vietnam).
Before reunification, Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam had a Sino-Soviet backed Communist government, while South Vietnam had a Western-backed Democratic government (at least in principle). Prior to the division of North and South Vietnam, it was subject to a French colonial government, whose control of the region was interrupted during WWII, when a Japanese occupational government controlled the region.