Eisenhower sent some American military adviser to Vietnam and so initiated US involvement there. Kennedy did more of the same, but the war did not really start for the US until Johnson took office.
Eisenhower (Ike).
The US had military advisers in Vietnam under Kennedy, but the was did not really start for the US Johnson became President.
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower thru Ford.
The US Civil War (1861-1865) & the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
When President Nixon took office there was approximately 536,100 American troops in Vietnam. President Nixon immediately started reducing the number of troops in Vietnam.
When Nixon ordered "military trainers" to Vietnam, the U.S. then started to become actively involved in Vietnam combat.
ANSWER Ho Chi Minh was the president of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War his original name was Nguyen Tat. Diem was the president of South Vietnam. Diem was assassinated Nguyen Van Thien was the president of South Vietnam after him.
In 1961 the Vietnam war started. In 1963 president kenndy was killed.
Lyndon B. Johnson declared U.S entry into the war with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
Nguyen Thi Doan is the Vice President of Vietnam.